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THE INDUSTRIES 



City of Rochester 




PAST HISTORY AND PROGRESS, 



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CONDENSED SUMMARY OF HER INDUSTRIAL ADVANTAGES 
AND DEVELOPMENT, 

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SERIES OF COMPREHENSIVE SKETCHES 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, 



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Condensed History of the Chamber of Commerce. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y.: 
THE ELSTNEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. 

1888. 



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COPYRIGHTED, 1888, 

BY THE 

EL8TNER PUBLISHING (^OMPANY. 



PREFACE. 



THE preparation of The Industries of Rochester has been attended 
with many unforeseen difficulties not necessary to specify, and conse- 
quently the appearance of the work was somewhat delayed — a fact 
that causes vis much regret, as we confidently expected to place it in the 
hands of subscribers at least a month earlier. We have, however, done 
the best that was possible under the attending circumstances, and should 
any disappointment have been experienced by those who have so gener- 
ously co-operated with the publishers in their effort to produce a volume 
that in its scope and style would be a credit to the beautiful and progres- 
sive city of which it treats, we hope that the explanation above offered 
will suffice to clear us of any suspicion of intentional tardiness. None save 
those who have had experience in the elaboration of similar publications 
can have any conception of the obstacles to be overcome, the prejudices to 
be dissipated, and the minute attention that must be devoted to details, in 
order that the result may give — not universal satisfaction, for that is im- 
possible — but the least possible margin for unfriendly criticism. 

In this superbly printed and handsomely illustrated book we present 
the fruits of many months' hard work in procuring, shaping and polishing 
such data as seemed to us most valuable and putting the same in attractive 
form for the perusal of the thousands of people all over this country and 
Europe to whom the work will be sent as an invitation to participate in 
the present unrivaled advantages and future magnificent development and 
prosperity of Rochester. That our effort may result in much advantage, 
directly and indirectly, to the city and its business interests, we do' not 
permit ourselves for a moment to doubt. 

We cannot conclude this brief preamble without embracing the oppor- 
tunity of returning thanks to the many prominent citizens who have aided 
and encouraged us. Especially are we under obligations to Messrs. H. H. 
Warner, president; Wm. S. Kimball, Frank S. Upton, and Henry Michaels, 
vice-presidents ; H. B. Hathaway, treasurer ; J. Y. McClintock, secretary 
and the officers of the Chamber of Commerce generally ; Sibley, Lindsay 
& Curr, the Paine Drug Company, Michaels, Stern & Co., Hamilton & 
Matthews, Smith, Perkins & Co., A. J. Johnson & Co., Hiram Sibley, and 
other conspicuous firms and individuals representing the business interests 
of the city. 




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eORTERTS. 



PAGE. 

The Past 7 

The Present 21 

Municipal 27 

The Board op Education 29 

Higher Education 31 

The University of Bochester 31 

Chamber op Commerce 33 

Members of the Chamber of Commerce 44 

Rochester's Water Supply 51 

The Genesee and its Bridges 53 

Fine Buildings 55 

Warner Astronomical Observatory 62 

New Post Office and Government Building 63 

Manufactures , 65 

Transportation 71 

The Nurseries 73 

Banks and Banking 75 

The Press 77 

Representative Houses - 81 

Index to Representative Houses 271 

Index to Advertisements 276 



PROMINENT ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PORTRAITS. 

PAGE. 



Hiram Sibley Frontispiece 

Col. Nathaniel Rochester 9 

H. H. Warner 34 

W. S. Kimball 36 

Frank S. Upton 37 

Henry Michaels 38 

J. Y. McClintock 39 



T. B. Griffith 40 

Thomas Bolton 116 

A. W. MuDGE 120 

James Vick 133 

A. V. Smith 187 

D. L. Simmons 189 

J. Austin Shaw 212 



BUILDINGS. 



PAGE. 

The New Government Building . . 4 

The City Hall 6 

University of Rochester 12 

Upper Falls of the Genesee 22 

Erie Aqueduct over the Genesee 25 

Lower Falls of the Genesee 26 

State Street looking North from 

the Four Corners 30 

Another View of the Upper Falls 

OF the Genesee 32 

Rochester Chamber op Commerce 

Building 33 

Views at Charlotte Beach 50 

The Leading Hostelries 54 



PAGE. 

The New Wilder Building 58 

Warner Observatory 61 

Vacuum Oil Works 67 

Some Private Residences 74 

D. W. Powers Building 80 

H. H. Warner Co.'s Building 84 

The Hiram Sibley Fire Proof 

Warehouses, Chicago 88 

Crosman Bros. Seed House 110 

German Insurance Co.'s Building 112 

Woodbury's Building 118 

Vick Seed House 132 

Bausch & Lomb Optical Company's 

Building 140 




THE CITY HALJ. 



THE PAST. 



THE GENESEE— INDIAN ORIGIN OF NAME— EARLY LAND 
SPECULATORS— PIONEER SETTLEMENT-COLONEL ROCH- 
ESTER'S PURCHASE— PLATTING OF THE VILLAGE— SET- 
TLEMENT AND GROWTH -MEN OF MARK— CHRONOLOGI- 
CAL REVIEW OF EVENTS. 



NO more romantic or attractive region has ever been found east of the 
Mississippi than that of the Genesee valley when first visited by 
the white man. Its very name in the Seneca Indian tongue, " Gen- 
nishe-yo" — the beautiful valley^indicates that even the savage aborigine 
had a realizing sense of the grandeur of the scenery, the affluence of the 
soil and the availability and loveliness of the region. But there was one 
serious drawback; the country adjacent to the lower river and Lake Ontario 
was at that. time a maze of almost impenetrable, miasma-breeding swamps, 
and it seemed a veritable tepapting of Providence on the part of either 
white man or Indian who should make it his home. It was not, therefore, 
until 1788 that any determined effort was made to plant a settlement at 
the falls of the Genesee, a treaty for cession of the lands lying east of the 
river having been effected with the Senecas July 8th of that year, Oliver 
Phelps acting as agent of the speculators. The Indians were jealous of 
white encroachment west of the Genesee, and it was only on his solemn 
agreement to erect at the falls a mill for the convenience of both races that 
Phelps obtained their consent to sell for a nominal consideration a tract of 
land " for a mill-yard," which the surveyor. Maxwell, made sure should be 
sufficiently large for the purpose, making the river the east line, starting 
the south line near the present village of Avon, running west twelve miles, 
thence due north to the lake, thus taking in a goodly portion of the present 
county of Monroe. Soon afterward one hundred acres of the land so ob- 
tained was made a free gift to one Ebenezer (" Indian ") Allan, who is de- 
scribed as a combination of backwoodsman, savage and Turk, on condition 
that he should construct thereon a mill. Allan put up a primitive saw-mill 
in the summer of 1789, and prepared the timbers for a small grist-mill, the 
latter being erected during the ensuing winter. It was a shabby affair, 



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twenty-six by thirty feet, built of heavy logs, provided with a single run of 
rude stones quarried and prepared on the spot, and of sixty bushels per day 
capacity, though the management was so poor that it seldom exceeded ten. 
At times of low water in summer, so badly placed was it that no power 
could be obtained, and in the rainy season the supply so greatly exceeded 
the demand that no effort was made to utilize it at all. Nevertheless, poor 




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and inefficient and badly conducted as it was, the Allan mill was the only 
one on the Genesee and the sole reliance of settlers and Indians in all that 
I'egion, many coming for distances of twenty miles or more, with ox sleds 
or on horseback, in a country destitute of roads, and over the hills to avoid 
the marshes, that their families might have bread. Yet this unreliable 
pioneer grist-mill, with its neighbor. and predecessor the still ruder and less 
valuable saw-mill, formed the germ of what afterward became for a long 



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period the most extensive milling plant on this continent — the far-famed 
Genesee mills, whose celebrity conferred upon their site the soubriquet of 
the Flour City, since changed to the Flower City because the great wheat- 
growing and milling centers have removed further west and the nursery 
interest has developed in this vicinity to proportions unknown elsewhere 
in America. "Allan's saw-mill" was in ruins as early as 1798, and the grain 
mill soon followed. Allan himself, the first white resident and first miller 
of Rochester, died among the Indians in 1814, leaving behind him an un- 
savory reputation, two white and one red women who claimed to be his 
widows. A Colonel Fish succeeded Allan in the milling business, but, 
after expending considerable money and labor to no purpose, retired, build- 
ing a cabin on the site of Rochester in 1797, in which year Louis Phillippe 
of France and his brothers visited the Genesee falls. 

The first crop raised on the site of 
'^ the present city of Rochester was by 

Jeremiah Olmstead, in 179 8-99. He 
removed to the ridge the next season, 
and later to Hanford's landing, where 
he died in 1816. The first American 
vessel on the Genesee was built by Eli 
Granger in 1798. What was then known 
as the " hundred-acre tract " of Sir 
William Pulteney, now included in the 
city of Rochester, was purchased in 
1802, for $17.50 per acre, by Colonel 
Nathaniel Rochester, Colonel William 
Fitzhugh and Major Charles Carroll. 
The first recorded flood in the Genesee 
occurred in 1805. In 1807 Charles 
Hanford, who came from England, 
erected a block-house on land that now 
fronts Mill street, and the same year a 
bear was killed on the present site of 
the court-house. A saw-mill was built 
by Enos Stone on the east bank of the river, and in 1809 a law authorizing 
a bridge over the falls was enacted by the Legislature. 

In 1810 Enos Stone erected the first frame house east of the river, and 
May 4th the first white native of the place — James S. Stone — was born 
therein. Up to and for a while subsequent to this time the settlement was 
indifferently known as Genesee Falls and Falls Town. This year Colonel 
Rochester, by and with the advice and consent of his associates, platted 
their hundred acres and placed the lots on the market. The Colonel was a 
resident of Dansville, where in 1810 he erected and managed the first paper 
mill in Western New York. He was in all respects a remarkable man, per- 
fectly suited by birth, training and experience for the role he was to play as the 
founder of a beautiful and flourishing city. For the following synopsis of 
his life and services, and for much other valuable data, we are indebted to 
the " Semi-Centennial Souvenir and Chronological History of Rochester," 
published on the celebration of the city's jubilee, June 9, 1884, an account 
of which we give further along : 

" Col. Nathaniel Rochester was born in Westmoreland county, Virginia, 




COL. NATHANIEL EOCHESTER. 



10 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

on the 21st day of February, 175-2. At the age of twenty we find him en- 
gaged in mercantile pursuits, but on the commencement of the struggle 
between the Colonies and Great Britain he became prominently engaged 
in the struggle, both in military and legislative offices. After the war he 
again embarked in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits, at Hagerstown, 
Maryland. In 1788 he married Sophia, daughter of Wm. Beatty, Esq., of 
Maryland. 

" Col. Rochester's connection with this section dates as early as 1802, 
in which year he visited the Genesee, where he appears to have become 
the purchaser of six hundred acres of land, which was made with the 
intention of removing to it with his family. In 1804 he again visited the 
Genesee, when the " Hundred-acre Lot," now included in our city, was 
obtained, at $17.50 per acre. In 1810 Col. Rochester first became 
a resident of Western New York, at Dansville, where he lived five years, 
and erected a large paper mill and various other manufacturing establish- 
ments. In 1815 he removed to a farm in Bloomfield. After remaining 
there three years, in 1818 he took up his residence in this city, which, in the 
interim, had received his name. In January, 1817, Col. Rochester officiated 
as secretary of the convention at Canandaigua which urged the consti'uc- 
tion of the Erie canal. During the succeeding years of his active life he 
was prominently identified with the growth and improvement of our city, 
and held many offices of public trust, serving twice as presidential elector, 
the first as clerk of the county of Monroe, member of the Assembly, etc. 

" In the spring of 1824 a law passed, granting a charter for the 'Bank 
of Rochester,' when Col. Rochester was appointed one of the commissioners 
for taking subscriptions and apportioning the capital stock. In June of the 
same year he was unanimously elected president of that correct and vigor- 
ous institution. The office (with that also of director) was resigned in 
December following, it having been originally taken only at the urgent 
solicitation of a number of his fellow citizens, and with the avowal that, as 
soon as the bank was successfully in operation, he must be permitted to 
resign. When this resolution was carried into effect the Colonel was only 
two months from completing his seventy-fourth year. 

" The relations of Col. Rochester to this city, after the period of his 
retirement from the bank, were those rather of personal influence than per- 
sonal activity. The age and bodily infirmity, however, M'hich restrained 
the latter, gave weight to the former. His opinions came with the exper- 
ience of three-score and ten. His example Avas enforced by the tried mo- 
rality of a long life, and the higher sanction of religious conduct and hope. 
His disinterested use of the property he had acquired afforded every facility for 
a thrifty and prosperous population. From the commencement he sold the 
lots on terms the most liberal, and encouraged, by his personal benefac- 
tions, every plan of general utility. He died May 17, 1831, after an illness 
of several weeks." 

In 1810 Isaac W. Stone erected, on the east side of the river, the first 
tavern in this vicinity, near the present intersection of South St. Paul and 
Ely streets. The next year Benjamin, son of Geoi'ge H. Evans, first saw 
the light in his father's cabin, near where St. Mary's hospital now stands, 
and was probably the first white child born in Rochester, west of the river. 
In 1812 Hamlet Scrantom built a house (log) where the magnificent Powers 
block is now located. This year was marked by the first celebration of 



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American independence, by the appointment of a postmaster (Abelard Rey- 
nolds, who held the office for seventeen years), by the construction of the 
first bridge, the establishment of the first tailor-shop, the first blacksmith 
shop, and a weekly mail to Canandaigua. The outbreak of the second war 
with Great Britain was a serious blow to the struggling settlement, which 
was twice threatened with devastation by Commodore Yeo, commanding a 
squadron of armed vessels on Lake Ontario. On the first occasion, in 1813, 
he was ordered elsewhere by Admiral Cliauncey; returning in 1814, Colonel 
Isaac W. Stone, Captains F. Brown and E. Ely, with thirty-two citizens 
and an eighteen-pounder, met him at the mouth of the river, and presented 
so bold a front and exercised such admirable strategy that the enemy with- 
drew after an exchange of shots resulting in no loss to the defenders. It 
was in 1813 that J. K. Ballentine, a Pennsylvania immigrant, provided 
with oxen and plough, first broke up and cultivated properly the ground 
now covered by the Powers block. The same year witnessed the arrival 
of the first physician. Dr. Jonah Brown; the opening of the first school by 
Miss Huldah Strong, the first public religious services (held over Jehiel 
Barnard's tailor-shop), the erection of E. D. Smith's City mills, and the 
last celebration in this vicinity of the Seneca "sacrifice of the white dog," 
a heathen rite whereof no living man comprehends the significance. The 
first school-house, a small one-story frame building, 15x24 feet, was com- 
pleted in May, 1814. It was for many years known as "the old red school- 
house," and stood on the present site of Public School No. 1. "The old 
red mill " was built by Josiah Bissell and the Ely brothers, Harvey and 
Elisha, in 1815, and the first wedding — that of Jehiel Barnard to Delia 
Scrantom — occurred October 8th of the same year. During 1815 Postmaster 
Abelard Reynolds opened the first west side tavern, the first church society 
(Presbyterian) was organized, the first bookstore established, the first stone 
dwelling was erected, the first watchmaker located, and the old stage line 
to Canandaig^ia was established. The first census, taken this year, shows 
a population of 331. With 1816, the war having ended in triumph for the 
American arms, the whole country received a fresh impetus; immigration 
commenced in earnest; activity and prosperity became general, and the 
village on the Genesee first really began to grow. This year were com- 
pleted a cotton mill of 1,400 spindles, and the improvement known as 
Brown's race; the Weekly Gazette, the first newspaper, was founded; the 
first steamboat — the Ontario — began regular trips to the port; the first 
stage line to Lewiston was established, and the first bakery was opened by 
Jacob Howe. The place was incorporated as Rochesterville in 1817, and 
the same year the first Presbyterian Church was erected, St. Paul's Epis- 
copal corporation founded, the Hicksite Friends' society, the first lodge of 
Freemasons and the first fire company organized; William Atkinson built 
the first mill on the east side and Johnson's mill-race was constructed. The 
events of the next year — 1818 — include the establishment of the Rochester 
Telegraph, the arrival of Colonel Rochester and family, who came to stay; 
the founding of the First Baptist church, the establishing of a police force, 
the erection of a toll bridge over the upper falls, the formation of a rifle 
company, the inclosure of a cemetery, the organization of a Sunday-school, 
and the taking of the second census— population 1,049. Surveys were made 
through Rochester for the Erie canal in 1819; the same year Cleveland's 
mill was built, and, on December 5, Abelard Reynolds' house burned — 
Rochester's first fire. 



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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 13 

In 1820 th-e Carthage bridge — a single span of 718 feet — fell, and was 
subsequently replaced by a suspension bridge. This year the first terra of 
the United States District Court was held at Rochesterville; St. Patrick's 
and the First Methodist Episcopal churches were founded, and the United 
States census credited the town with a population of 1,502. 

The county of Monroe, carved from Ontario and Genesee, was organ- 
ized in 1821, and Rochesterville made the capital. Button's canal aque- 
duct was constructed the same year, at a cost of |83,000; Rochester and 
Montgomery's mill, of three run of stones, and the first brick house in 
Rochesterville were constructed in 1821. The Monroe County Medical 
Society and the Monroe County Bible Society — the latter the mother of the 
American Bible Society — were organized the same year. The first jail and 
court-house were erected in 1822, as was the first Friends' meeting-house, 
and the name of the place was shortened to Rochester. Shipments by canal 
were inaugurated that year. In 1823 St. Patrick's church was built; the 
first meeting to suggest the name of John Quincy Adams for the presi- 
dency was held at the Mansion House, and $1,500 was collected in town 
and county in aid of the Greek war for independence. St. Luke's Epis- 
copal and the First Presbyterian churches were completed in 1824, and the 
Bank of Rochester incorporated. The great event of the year, however, 
was the opening throughout its entire length of the Erie canal. In 
preparation for the turning in of the water at Tonawanda cannon had 
been planted at intervals along the canal and the Hudson river, and 
were fired in succession, by which means the announcement was made 
in New York within an hour and a half after th*e gates were opened. 
In the following November Governor Clinton, the father of the enter- 
prise, passed through Rochester on a tour of inspection, and was tend- 
ered a grand reception. Lafayette was the next illustrious visitor to 
receive an ovation, coming by canal from the West in 1825. The 
first museum building was erected, and the first dramatic performance 
given at the " Circus " building. Exchange street, in the last-named year. 
The question of a city charter was first agitated, and the Second Presby- 
terian church organized. Population 5,2 73. The following year was a 
memorable one for the excitement occasioned by Morgan's betrayal of the 
Freemasons, his incarceration in and abduction from the Canandaigua jail, 
the arrest and conviction of the abductors, and the organization and tem- 
porary supremacy of the Anti-Masonic party. The Rochester Advertiser, 
the pioneer daily, made its appearance this year; the first directory was 
published; the Franklin Institute was established; a permanent theater 
was opened, and Shelmire's mill erected. The Third Presbyterian Society 
and St. Paul's Church corporation were founded, theCraftsman established, 
Peck's paper mill burned, and Beach, Kempshall and Kennedy's large mill 
erected in 1827. The first grain elevator ever known was constructed in 
1828, by Warham Whitney, for a Brown street warehouse — a strap and 
bucket device, considered a wonder in its time. The same year Reynolds' 
Arcade was built, the Rochester Balance was issued; the Old Brick church 
was erected, and the Orthodox Quakers organized. Valuation of personal 
and real property for assessment, #1,767,315. The events of 1829 include 
the surrender of charters and abandonment, by the Freemasons of Roches- 
ter and vicinity, of the order, Avhich had become obnoxious because of the 
Morgan affair; the celebrated and fatal leap of Sam Patch over the Gene- 



14 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

see falls; the founding of the Law Library; the incorporation of the Bank 
of Monroe; the building of Grace church and the Eagle tavefn, and the ' 
organization of the Rochester Atliena?um. 

Joe Smith "discovered" the " golden plates" upon which was engraved 
the Book of Mormon in the woods near Palmyra, their place of conceal- 
ment having been revealed to him in a dreara — so he claimed; but when 
he applied to Thurlow Weed, of the Rochester Telegraph, for the purpose 
of having it printed in cold type on white paper, in 1830, he was shown 
tlie door. L^nhappily, Mr. Weed could not at the same time squelch the 
delusion, which, at a later date, found many believers in this region. St. 
Paul's church was finished this year; St. Patrick's rebuilt; the subject of 
high schools was agitated, and Wm. A, Reynolds started the pioneer seed 
house. Colonel Rochester, the founder, died May 31, 1831, The Roches- 
ter Canal and Railroad Company was incorporated this year; the Common 
Pleas Court organized; the Rochester Savings Bank incorporated;- the 
Monroe County Horticultural Society organized; the Reformed Presbyte- 
rian Society formed, and the first cargo of Ohio wheat received via lake 
and canal. The Rochester & Tonawanda Railroad Company was char- 
tered in 1832; the Rochester Seminary and First Presbyterian Free Church 
organized, and 118 persons died of cholera. It is related in this connection 
that of these Ashbel W. Riley, a member of the health board, cared for 
and coffined without assistance, 80. Mr. R. has always since been looked 
upon as a true hero of the loftiest type. Fifty-four more victims of chol- 
era are recorded for 1833. The Rochester & Carthage railroad (horse- 
power) was finished the same year. 

The city of Rochester was incorporated in 1834. June 2d a City Coun- 
cil and Board of Supervisors were elected, and on the 9th of the same 
month Jonathan Child was elected by council as the first Mayor, his in- 
auguration taking place the next day. Mr. Child, born in Vermont, of 
Puritan and Revolutionary stock, in 1785, was himself a Major in the war 
of 1812. He was twice elected to the Legislature from Ontario county — 
1816-17; married Colonel Rochester's daughter in 1818; came to Roches- 
ter in 1820; engaged in mercantile pursuits, became a prominent contractor, 
and constructed the wonderful Erie canal locks at Lockport. He was re-elect- 
ed in 1 835. A courteous, upright gentleman of the old school, he died, univer- 
sally regretted, in 1860. In the year first-named the Daily Deinoerat was 
founded, a passenger steamer put on the river between the falls and Gen eseo, 
and several church societies organized. The assessed value of real and personal 
property amounted to 12,553,211, and the city contained 1,300 dwellings and 
business houses, court-house, prison, market-house, two banks, a museum, 
twelve churches, and numerous mills and factories. 

In 1835 General Jacob Gould was elected Mayor, vice Child, resigned; 
the second destructive flood occurred, doing much damage and carrying away 
a new bridge at the lower falls. The Crescent mills. Third Presbyterian and 
Fii-st Methodist churches were built, the St. Joseph's German Catholic 
Church society and Rochester Academy of Sacred Music ox'ganized, and 
the Meacham fund for disabled firemen and firemen's widows and orphans 
founded on the proceeds of sale of a monster cheese donated by Colonel 
Thomas Meacham, the final bid for which was $1,287.80. 

Mount Hope cemetery was purchased by the city, a bridge built at 
Andrews street, Mayor Gould re-elected. Mechanics' Library Association 



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and Rochester Musical Society organized, the Central Presbyterian church 
founded, and the first balloon ascension made in 1S36. 

The year 1837 was noted for a great financial panic, McKenzie's Cana- 
dian rebellion, the Navy Island raid, Rochester's first murder case, the 
building of the City Bank and the Front street market-house, and the found- 
ing of the Asbury Methodist church and the Rochester Orphan Asylum. 
May 4th, 1838, Austin Squires murdered his wife. June 2oth Octavius 
Barron was hanged for killing William Lyman the previous October. Squires 
was executed November 29th. This year W. H. Cheney established the 
first iron foundry ; the Genesee Valley canal was opened to traflic ; the 
Rochester Anti-Slavery Society was organized, and O'Rielly's "Sketches of 
Rochester" were published. The Rochester Fi-eeman was founded and the 
Liberty party organized in 1839. 

March 16, 1840, was celebrated the semi-centennial of Western New 
York's settlement. The other prominent events of the year were the open- 
ing of the Rochester & Auburn railroad, the organization of the Western 
New York Agricultural society and the Reformed Presbyterian Church 
society, and the burning of the Curtis building, where two firemen lost 
their lives. 

In 1841 the first Mayor was elected by the popular vote, Elijah F. 
Smith; the Board of Education was instituted, and the public schools 
organized, with 2,300 scholars and 34 teachers; the first lodge of Odd 
Fellows, and the first Unitarian church society were founded, and Daniel 
Warren established the first brewery. In 1842 the new aqueduct was 
finished, and the Rochester & Tonawanda railroad opened to Attica. In 
1843 there was a marked revival of Freemasonry; two Catholic churches 
and a Hebrew congregation were founded, and July 2 7th John Quincy 
Adams visited the city. The census of 1844 gave Rochester a population 
of 23,553; new buildings erected this year, 310. The Daili/ American and 
the first telegraph oftice were established. Little of note besides the found- 
ing of Trinity Episcopal church occurred in 1845. In 1846 Franklin's 
birthday was celebrated by the Western New York printers; the first coal 
for use in manufacturing was brought by Jonathan Child; the Western 
House of Refuge and the First Universalist church were founded. In 
1847 a company of volunteers was recruited for the Mexican war; the 
Society of Pioneers was organized; the Auburn & Rochester railroad 
bridge was built; St. Paul's ^Episcopal church burned; the City Hospital 
was incorporated, and the first rumors of the Fox sisters' alleged spiritual 
rappings became current. The family removed from Hydesville to Roches- 
ter the ensuing spring, and created considerable excitement among the 
credulous. 

Rochester's first mysterious murder occurred in 1848, that of P. P. Pierce, 
a manufacturer, whose assassin was never discovered. The first New York 
womens' rights convention was held in Rochester this year; the new St. 
Paul's church was built; the first gas works were constructed; the city mills 
fell, and one Presbyterian, one Reformed and one Catholic church were 
founded. Some 160 persons died of cholera in 1849, during which year 
the Home for the Friendless was founded. 

The rapid growth and great prosperity of Rochester at this time is shown 
by the fact that during the five years, 1845 to 1850, the population increased 
from 23,553 to 36,561, or nearly fifty per cent. The Buffalo & Roches- 



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ter Railroad Company was organized in 1850; the Lockport & Niagara 
Falls railroad extended to Rochester; the Monroe County Savings Bank 
incorporated; the Rochester driving park established; the corner-stone of 
a new court-hov;se laid; the University of Rochester founded, and the Daily 
Jlerald issued. The court-house was completed in 1851, which year was 
crowded with notable events, among them the organization of the 
Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Company; the introduction of coal 
for domestic consumption; the founding of the Rochester Free Academy, 
"the Harmonic Society, three churches and the Rochester Theological Semi- 
nary; the deaths of Chancellor Whittlesey, Enos Stone and Matthew Brown, 
pioneers, and visits from such distinguished personages as President Fill- 
more, Daniel Webster, Stephen A. Douglas, ex-President Tyler, ex-Gov- 
ernor Marcy, Horace Greeley, Jenny Lind, and others. The summer of 
1852 was marked by a severe visitation of cholera, the death-roll reaching 
something like 450. The city was re-organized with ten wards; first train 
to Niagara Falls, June 30th; Rochester & Charlotte Railroad Company 
organized; work commenced on the Rochester & Genesee Valley railroad; 
present N. Y. C. & H. R. railroad depot erected; North street and Frank 
street Methodist churches founded, and Rochester JBeobachter (German 
newspaper) first published, followed by the J^olksblatt in 1858, in May of 
which year the Rochester & Syracuse, Niagara Falls, Lockport & Rochester, 
Tonawanda, Rochester & Auburn and Rochester & Charlotte railroads were 
consolidated into the New York Centi'al & Hudson River railroad ; the 
Rochester Medical Society was organized; the Rochester House burned, 
and four servant girls perished; the Cornhill and Alexander Methodist 
churches were founded, and the corner-stones of Plymouth and St. Mary's 
churches laid. St. Bridget's church was founded in 1854; the Blossom 
House burned, and the Maennerchor was organized. A riot of striking 
canal laborers occurred early in 1855; on the nights of February 5th and 6th 
the thermometer registered 26 deg. below zero; the Know-nothing party 
carried the city this year; Christ church was founded, the Junior Pioneers 
organized, and several of the old pioneers died. The Flower City Bank 
organized 1856; the Calvary Presbyterian church was founded the same 
year, and the Carthage suspension bridge was finished. Heavy snows and 
another flood marked the opening months of 1857. In April the Carthage 
bridge fell; the Valley Canal extension bill passed; the Main street bridge 
was completed ; the Daily Democrat office burned and the paper was 
merged with the American; Eagle Bank building burned, and two firemen 
killed; Charles W. Littles murdered by his wife and her brother, Ira Stout; 
Industrial School incorporated, and St. Mary's Hospital opened in a former 
stable building on Genesee street. In 1858 the Third Presbyterian church 
was burned; August I'Zth a fire destroyed property to the value of $175,- 
000; October 22d Ira Stout was executed; Mrs. Littles imprisoned for 
seven years. The Rochester Express (started and suspended as the Daily 
Times) was established in 1859. This year the Second Baptist church 
burned, and the Traders' Bank was organized. 

The great events of 1860 were in connection with the political cam- 
paign that placed the Republican party in power. Local affairs were not 
neglected, however, as was evidenced by the demolition of the old and the 
commencement of work on the present I5rick church; the holding of a con- 
vention to organize the Western New York Agricultural, Horticultural and 



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Mechanical Association; the introduction of the steam fire engine; the 
opening of a new Home for the Friendless, and the founding of the Free 
Methodist and Christadelphian church societies. Ex-Mayor Child died 
May iTth. January 11th, 1861, an abolition convention was mobbed at 
Corinthian Hall. February 18th President-elect Lincoln addressed an 
enthusiastic raiiltitude at the Central Hudson depot. The war fever soon 
after broke out, and money and men were liberally supplied to the govern- 
ment, the city and county furnishing one regiment each of infantry and 
cavalry. The office of fire marshal was created, St. Boniface church 
founded, and James Vick embarked in the exclusive growing of flower 
seeds on a large scale this year. Three regiments of infantry and a battery 
were sent to the war in 1862; the Clarissa street bridge was opened, and 
Dr. Swift discovered his first comet. The draft, and the sending of one 
regiment and one battery of artillery and one regiment of infantry to the 
front, were the great events of 1863. A paid fire department was estab- 
lished; the Rochester & Brighton Street Railroad Company was incorpo- 
rated; the Arion Singing Society was founded; the corner-stone of St. 
Mary's Hospital was laid, and the old Eagle Hotel metamorphosed into a 
business block. Rochester contributed one regiment of cavalry to the 
service in 1864. Seth Green's fish-hatching experiments began; the fire 
department was incorporated; the Holy Family Catholic church founded; 
the City Hospital opened, and the Brackett House built this year, which was 
distinguished for wild speculation in oil and telegraph stocks. The latter, 
watered and manipulated, rose atone time during 1865 to 230, declining in a 
few months to 68, and bringing ruin to large numbers of investors. A great 
flood, March lYtli, did much damage. The surrender of Lee and collapse of 
the Confederacy was joyfully celebrated April 9th, 1865; memorial obsequies 
of President Lincoln April 19th; the remains passed through Rochester 
April 27th; Fenian demonstration August 12th; Philharmonic and Humane 
societies and Audubon Club organized ; work began on Powers' block. 
In 1866 occurred President Johnson's visit when " swinging around the 
circle," and the Fenian raid on Canada; Post No. 1, G. A. R., was estab- 
lished; Monroe County Homoepathic Medical Society organized, and Holy 
Redeemer church founded. An ice gorge caused the flooding of a portion 
of the city in February, 1867; Board of Trade organized March 9th, and 
soon fell through; Palmer Block and Washington Hall burned in May, 
three firemen falling victims; Mechanics' Savings Bank incorporated; Ad- 
vent Christian church founded; ex-Mayor Gould died. The building 
operations of 1868 included 503 houses, costing Si, 456, 100; work pushed 
on Power's block; Daily Chronicle established; Rochester Safe Deposit 
Company incorporated; Protestant Episcopal Church Home and West- 
minster church founded; engineer, brakeman and three children killed by 
locomotive boiler explosion at Genesee Valley depot. In 1869 the Metro- 
politan Opera-house burned; a floor of Sts. Peter and Paul school gave 
way, killing eight and injuring fifty; St. Patrick's Cathedral dedicated; 
Exchange street swing bridge built; Rochester & State Line railroad in- 
corporated; tM^o Episcopal and one Lutheran churches founded; fire alarm 
telegraph finished; East Side Savings Bank incorporated. 

The State Arsenal was built in 1870; Powers block, completed on West 
Main and State streets the previous year, was extended 'to Pindle alley; 
Water-works company organized; consolidation of Chronicle a,ud Donocrat; 



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canal convention. Grand Opera-house opened 1871; East and Lake avenue 
Baptist churc'lies founded; ^Sunday 7'imes established; Pathological Society 
organized; several j)ioneers died. January 3, 1S72, occurred the famous 
"Howard riot,'' in which two were killed and five wounded; twenty-eight 
deaths of sniall-pox this year, and the same number from cerebro-spinal 
meningitis; the horses suffered severely from epizootic; a number of 
ladies, headed by Susan B. Anthony, voted for Congressmen, were arrested 
and indicted, as were three inspectors; Miss Anthony alone was tried; 
work begun on State Line railroad and YincH'nt Place bridge; Oddfellows' 
Temple Association incorporated; (lerman Insurance Company chartered; 
Rapids Baptist and Memorial Presbyterian churches founded; YoungMen's 
Catholic Association and Holy Sepulchre cemetery incorporated. Corner- 
stone of City Hall laid May 28, 1873; Miss Anthony fined ^100 for illegal 
voting, the inspectors $25 each, and fines remitted; Vincent Place bridge 
completed; Driving Park Association incorporated; Liederkranz founded; 
the Bible in the public* schools abolished; Young Men's Catholic Associa- 
tion occupied its new building. In 1874 the Front street city building was 
finished; water-works inaugurated; Farmers and Mechanics' bank failed; 
ex-Com])troller Robertson found a defaulter in $40,000; St. John's Lutheran 
and First German M. E. church, and St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum corner- 
stones laid; St. Michael's Catholic and Salem Evangelical churches dedi- 
cated; Police Benevolent Association organized. January 5, 1875, the new 
City Hall, costing $:53 7,000, was thrown open for public use; Leighton 
bridge works destroyed by wind; John Clark hanged November 19, for 
the murder of John Trevor, July 3; freight train derailed in Central depot, 
October 7, and engineer and fireman killed; Bank of Rochester incorpora- 
ted; Literary Union and Young Men's Christian Association organized. 
The Hemlock lake water supply 'system was inaugurated January 23, 1876; 
Deaf -Mute Institute incorporated February 4; three murders this year and 
one murderer's suicide; First Baptist church erected; St. James church 
founded; Swiday Herald established; Board of Public Works superseded 
by Executive Board; Athenaeum and Mechanics' Association suspended. 
The summer of 1877 witnessed the Rochester Yacht Club's first lake regatta; 
display of $1,000,000 stopped a run on the Rochester Savings Bank; tele- 
phone first used by Water-works department over the then longest existing 
line, 28 miles; Rochester Art Club and Ebenezer church founded. The 
State Line railroad made through connection, January 28, 1878. Commer- 
cial National Bank incorporated; German Evangelical church founded; 
firemen's monument dedicated. Stittheimer, Stone & Co.'s bank failed 
F'ebruary 13, 1879. The preceding two months were characterized by 
extreme cold and heavy snows, causing railroad blockades, fatal accidents, 
and many deaths in rural districts from freezing. This year the Rochester 
Microscopical Society (now the Academy of Natural Sciences), the Roches- 
ter Opera Club and the Rochester Gun Club Avere organized; the St. 
Andrew's Episcopal church and Beth Israel synagogue were founded; the 
telephone exchange was established; the Rochester and Lake Ontario rail- 
road finished; the Morning Herald started, and the Elwood block was 
erected, 

January 26th, 1880, Charles Stewart Parnell was tendered a popular 
reception; first 'American Land League organized February 1st; R. J. 
Jarrard shot seriously Wallace Rice, and soon afterwards hanged himself; 



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Rochester & Charlotte Turnpike Company organized; General Grant 
attended Republican rally October 27th; General McClellan spoke on the 
opposite side the next evening; much enthusiasm. In 1881 the State Line 
railroad was reorganized as the Rochester &, Pittsburg; Red Cross Society 
and Rochester Art Exchange and Mendelssohn Vocal Society organized; 
Academy of Sciences incorporated; Maud S. trotted at Driving Park in 
2:10^, August 11th; grand memorial funeral procession in honor of Presi- 
dent Garfield, September 26th. The old Central depot was torn down and 
work commenced on elevated road in 1882; K. of L. paraded 6,00U strong; 
State convention of firemen in August; Osburn House changed to a busi- 
ness block; electric lights first used; Eureka Club, Rochester Musical 
Society, Oratorio Society, Canoe Club, Newspaper Guild and Beni David 
synagogue organized; work begun on Genesee Valley railroad; Evening 
Express and Post consolidated as Post-Express • City Bank suspended 
December 21st. Central-Hudson improvements to the value of $2,0U0,000, 
including elevated tracks and a new depot, were completed in 1883, as were 
Powers' Hotel, at a cost of 1630,000, and the Warner observatory, cost 
$100,000, the Warner building, cost 1500,000, the Central Avenue 
bridge, cost $40,000, the Windsor Beach Belt railroad, and the Gene- 
see Valley Canal railroad; Donald Gordon failed for $500,000; Flour 
City National Bank building erected on former site of City Bank; 
Merchants' Bank incorporated; North Mission Presbyterian and Second 
Universalist churches and Berith Oulam synagogue founded; Cogswell 
fountain erected; taxes levied, $1,013,542.20, on an assessed valua- 
tion of $36,052,370.90. The G. A. R. State encampment for 1884 was 
held in Rochester February 2d; the Reynolds Library was organized; 
March 13th Rowland Jones jumped over the falls; March 24th the Free 
Trade Club was organized; the remaining events of the year compi-ised the 
transformation of the Bank of Rochester to the German-American Bank, 
the building of the new Third Presbyterian Church, the trial and convic- 
tion of John Kelly for the murder of Jacob Lutz in October of the previous 
year, the tearing down of the old Asbury church and erection of the East 
Side Savings Bank on the site, the murder of Reuben Crutchfield by Asa 
Dubois (both colored), the renumbering of the streets, the celebration of 
the city's jubilee, charges of corruption in the city government, and the 
beginning of work on the East Avenue Baptist church and the new Custom- 
house and Postofiice, the latter now nearly completed at a cost of $500,000. 
The municipal boards of civil service examination held their first session 
December 7th. The formal dedication of the Park Avenue Baptist church 
occurred January 25th, 1885; the famous foundrymen's strike began April 
30th, and was only terminated by arbitration August 9th; Asbury M. E. 
church completed in June; Grant memorial services at City Hall, August 
8th; new jail accepted October 4th, at a total cost of $76,420; Mechanics' 
Institute organized October 21st. August l7th, 1886, died Henry O'Rielly, 
first editor of the first daily paper — the Advertiser — exer established west 
of the Hudson river; Mrs. Abelard Reynolds, relict of Rochester's first 
postmaster, died August 22d, and on the 20th of November the business 
community went on a strike, recently settled, against the Bell telephone 
monopoly. The year 1887 was crowded with events of great local import- 
ance, many of which are described further along — among them the great 
building revival, laborers' riots, the contracting for the great east side sewer 



20 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

outlet, the completion of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg railroad 
bridge, Ellwanger & Barry park donation, the beginning of work on the 
southern boundary line bridge, the organization of the Chamber of Com- 
merce December 19th, and the frightful explosion of naphtha in the city 
sewers, two days later, by which three lives and |300,00n worth of prop- 
erty were destroyed. 

All events of note occurring the present year will receive proper atten- 
tion in our succeeding chapters. In concluding this necessarily meager re- 
view of the past, however, we cannot do better than to introduce the fol- 
f owing exhibit of one year's progress, prepared by Mr. T. B. GriflSth, 
manager of the R. G. Dun Mercantile Agency and printed in the Union and 
Advertiser of Janiiary 3: 

" The year 1887 has been one of the most prosperous this city ever saw, 
and the volume of business larger than ever before. In 1886 the sales in 
the leading lines of trade were as follows: Dry goods, $8,000,000; clothing, 
88, -250, 000; boots and shoes, $7,500,000; groceries, $4,500,000; hardware, 
$1,500,000. In all these lines a large increase is claimed over last year, 
but we have not yet compiled the exact figures and will not be able to do 
so until about the 1st of February. These figures are at least 25 per cent, 
in advance of the cities of the same population ; the progress made has been 
of the most substantial character, and the percentage of profit and loss will 
be smaller than in any previous year, without we should meet with unusual 
disasters in January, which is not looked for. In 1886, number of failures, 
27; liabilities, $360,884; assets, $283,079.73. In 1887, number of failures, 
24; liabilities, $225,394.22; assets, $149,103.99, showing a large decrease, 
considering the larger volume of business. An unusually large number of 
new enterprises have been started during 1887 — fifty-one new firms or cor- 
porations with a capital of $5,000 and upwards, and 192 new firms with a 
capital from $500 to $5,000. In no single year previous have so many new 
firms launched into existence.'.' 



THB PRESENT. 



AN OUTLINE VIEW OF THE CITY AS IT IS — INDUSTRIAL, 
COMMERCIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT- 
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT — WATER SUPPLY — RAIL- 
ROAD FACILITIES — ETC. 



THE present of Rochester is indeed magnificent and full of promise. 
Situated at the head of navigation, on the Genesee river, on the line 
of the world-famous Erie canal, a railroad center of great magnitude; 
the site of numberless mills, factories, minor industries, powerful mercan- 
tile and commei'cial establishments; full of the monuments of progress in 
the form of great public and private edifices such as few inland cities can 
boast; her residence streets and environs lined and dotted with the palatial 
homes of the rich and the scarcely less inviting domiciles of her thrifty- 
working masses; with a real estate taxable valuation of 185,000,000; with 
an area of 11,000 acres, a population little short of 150,000, and increasing 
at a phenomenal rate — Rochester ranks fourth in the list of cities in the 
State, and is the handsomest, richest, busiest, most public-spirited and pro- 
gressive city. and community of equal extent and numbers between the 
Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The great natural advantages of the loca- 
tion certainly contributed immensely to the development of the place, and 
they are still extremely valuable, notwithstanding the general substitution 
of steam for water-power and sails, and the railway for lake, river and 
canal navigation, the turnpike, the stage coach and the wagon train. The 
noisy Genesee continues to flow through the city, spanned by numerous 
bridges and the Erie canal aqueduct, its waters being utilized by means of 
races to propel the ponderous machinery of many tall factories, while its 
three falls are constant sources of pleasure to citizens and strangers who 
love to contemplate the matchless works of Omnipotence. Most of their 
wild beauty is gone, and the romantic river has long been harnessed to 
serve the uses of man, but the Genesee will long survive in song and story 
in its associations with the once astute and powerful Seneca, the daring 
pioneer, and the advance of civilization in which it has proven one of the 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 23 

most useful factors, lending its rushing waters to manufactures and its 
channel hence to Lake Ontario to commerce. The three celebrated falls 
are all within the city limits, and are known as the Upper, Middle and 
Lower falls, the first 96, the second 26, and the last 83 feet in height. Our 
engravings give a very fair idea of the LTpper and Lower falls. It was 
over the former that the immortal Sam Patch leaped to death and fame, 
proving conclusively that " some things can be done as well as othei"S." 
From the lower fall to the mouth, seven miles, the Genesee is navigable 
for lake craft of all classes, large numbers of which load at the city 
wharves for voyages to all ports east and west as far as Montreal via the 
Welland canal, and west to Duluth via the same canal. Lakes Erie, Huron, 
Michigan and Superior. Charlotte is Rochester's lake port, and a vast 
coal trade centers there. 

The attractions of Rochester are so many and varied that a brief 
description would fill a volume. The city proper within the corporate limits 
covers an area of twenty-five square miles, intersected with broad, well- 
paved and superbly built streets, avenues and boulevards, lined with grate- 
ful shade trees, while well appointed parks in various quarters invite to 
pleasant rambles in fiower-bordered walks or to refreshing rest beneath the 
spreading trees. Additional parks are projected on the four sides of the 
city, wealthy citizens freely offering lands for the purpose, some of which 
have been accepted, the intention being to connect these breathing-places, 
when laid out, by means of a broad carriage-way or boulevard extending 
from one to another, thus forming a continiious girdle set with emeralds for 
the further adornment of this already nearly perfect gem of a munici- 
pality. Lawns, grass plats, shrubbery, foliage and flowers abound every- 
where, save in the very heart of the business district, and the resident 
rejoices all summer long in the fresh breezes of Lake Ontario, perfume- 
laden by a thousand gardens and orchards. 

The moral standard of the community is very high, as is attested by 
the great number of well attended and liberally supported churches of all 
denominations, embracing eleven Methodist Episcopal, ten Presbyterian, 
ten Episcopal, twelve Roman Catholic, with Cathedral, six Baptist, five 
Lutheran, four Reform, two Congregational, two Christadelphian, two 
Covenanter, two Universalist, one Church of Christ, one Quaker, one Free 
Methodist, one Adventist, and three Hebrew synagogues. 

The opportunities and facilities afforded for education are literally 
unsurpassed, and embrace, in addition to the public school system, de- 
scribed at greater length elsewhere, several institutions of extended fame, 
conspicuous among which are the Baptist Theological Seminai-y, noted in 
the remotest quarters of the earth for the thoroughness of the training im- 
parted and for the devotion and ability of its alimini; the University of 
Rochester, ranking with the best American seats of learning, and the Free 
Academy, bearing the same relation to the common and grammar schools 
as do the high schools elsewhere, occupying a superb building erected for 
the purpose at an outlay of more than $125,000. 

Of eleemosynary institutions there are many, supported by the city, 
county, State, church societies and public charity. Among the most notable 
of these are the State Industrial School, the County Industrial School, the 
Home of Industry, the Monroe County Insane Asylum, the County Aims- 
House, the Hubbell Park Orphan Asylum, Home for the Friendless, Epis- 



24 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

copal Chnrcli Home, St. Patrick's, St Joseph's and St. Mary's Orphan 
Asylums, and two fine hospitals, one of which — the City — is a public insti- 
tution, while the other — St. Mary's — is conducted under Catholic auspices, 
the combined capacity of both approximating 500 patients. Thanks to the 
salubrious climate and generally excellent sanitary conditions which ob- 
tain, their resources are never taxed to their utmost. 

The principal cities of the dead in the vicinity of Rochester are Mount 
Hope, 200 acres in extent, dedicated in 1838, the property of the city and 
the site of the firemen's and other notable monuments; Holy Sepulcher, 
Roman Catholic, consecrated in 1872, 140 acres, commanding a view of the 
river; the Pinnacle (R. C), and the Rapids, besides numerous smaller 
cemeteries belonging to churches and other associations. 

The means of internal travel are quite complete, comprising nearly a 
dozen street railways radiating to all points within the corporate limits, but 
as a progressive people the citizens of Rochester are dissatisfied with horses 
as a motive power, and a project is on foot to substitute therefor the cable 
(grip) system, thus assuring greater celerity of movement and reducing the 
time consumed in going to and from the suburbs and the business center. 
Work has also been commenced on an electric railway to connect Roches- 
ter with Charlotte, at the mouth of the Genesee, and other short lines are 
under construction or consideration to perfect communication with sur- 
rounding points, and when completed cannot but add greatly to the wealth 
and importance of the city and of all the region round about. Details 
concerning established and contemplated railway routes are given at greater 
length in their appropriate place, as are those relating to the city govern- 
ment, educational, water, fire and police departments. 

The prosperity of the modern city is dependent more upon its manu- 
factures than upon all other interests combined, and it is to her wise 
encouragement of these and the possession of extraordinary natural advan- 
tages for their development that Rochester owes her present pre-eminence 
among interior communities. At first her most important advantage was 
found in the practically unlimited water power supplied by the Genesee 
river — to this day an invaluable factor in her industrial development — but 
later came the Erie canal and the railroads, supplying her artisans with 
abundant materials, and carrying their finished products to every nook and 
corner of the continent, their advent marking new epochs of advancement 
and stimulating afresh the enterprise and ingenuity of a people already 
persuaded of the grand part they were to play in the drama of a nation's 
growth. Beginning with milling, of which this is still a noted center, one 
after another new industries were attracted hither, until to-day few points 
can boast of a greater diversity or value of output, embracing almost the 
entii'e field of human effort, while in point of excellence the goods made 
here are justly renowned throughout Christendom. Many millions of 
capital and the labor of thousands of skillful men are devoted to the manu- 
facture of flour and other bread-stuffs, boots and shoes, architectural and 
iron bridge work, cars and car-wheels, carriages, clothing, woolen and cotton 
fabi'ics, funeral supplies, burial caskets, boilers, engines, wood and metal- 
working machinery, pianos, agricultural implements, lager beer, furnaces, 
stoves, photographic apparatus and supplies, furnishing goods, canned fruits 
and vegetables, furniture, interior fittings and decorations, doors, sash, 
blinds, headlights, signal lamps, conductors' and other lamps, electrical 



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apparatus, optical goods and instruments, glassware, safes, locks, hardware, 
tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, confectionery, oils, paints, proprietary medicines, 
etc. Nor do these include all the resources from which wealth is drawn, 
thanks to conditions of soil and climate which make this region the grand 
center from which are shipped several million dollars' worth of choice fruit 
and ornamental trees, vines, plants, bulbs, flower and garden seeds annu- 
allv, while many hundred thousand tons of hard and soft coal are distrib- 
uted to the various lake ports, the facilities provided at Charlotte for 
handling this commodity being extensive and complete. 




ERIE AQUEDUCT OVER THK GENESEE. 

Banking facilities are first-class and amply sufticient for 'all present 
needs, the State and National Banks numbering seven — four of the former, 
three of the latter — all in a sound and flourishing condition, besides four sav- 
ings institutions, with immense and fast-increasing deposits, the latter show- 
ing a total growth of nearly $700,000 per annum for a number of years 
past. The thrift of the working classes is further exhibited by the liberal 
support given to building and loan associations, the Ancient Order of 
United Workmen, the Knights of Honor, and other worthy beneficiary 
associations conducted on the assessment plan of life insurance. 

No better evidence of the intelligence of the community could be adduced 
than is afforded by the business returns of the postofiice, which show 
receipts of $312,920.40 for 1886, ranking tenth in volume, while the city 
was twenty-first in population. A glance at our engraving of the fine 
new postoffice building, now fast approaching completion, will convince 
the reader that in this respect Rochester fully sustains her otherwise justly 
assumed metropolitan pretensions. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 




IMUNICIP^L. 



MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT DEPART- 
MENTS — EXECUTIVE AND SCHOOL BOARDS — EDU- 
CATIONAL—THE TAX LEVY — PUBLIC HEALTH. 



The city government of Rochester is vested in the Mayor, elected bien- 
nially, a Common Council, composed of one member from each ward, and 
the heads of the Treasury, Law, Assessors', Map and Survey, Poor, Police- 
and Health Departments, a Municipal Court, a Board of Excise, consisting' 
of three commissioners, regulating the issue of liquor licenses, and not less 
than two nor more than three inspectors of elections for each district of 
the sixteen wards, exercising supervision of matters pertaining to the suf- 
frage. Applicants for positions in the public service other than elective- 
officers, heads of departments, appointees of the City Treasurer and Board 
of Education, and laborers, must successfully pass a civil service examina- 
tion by a board of three members impartially appointed from different po- 
litical parties by the Mayor. All other things being equal, honorably dis- 
charged soldiers and sailors have the preference. 

Auxiliary to yet independent of the Mayor, Council and departments 
named, are the Executive Board and the Board of Education. The first is 
composed of three members, of whom one is elected by popular vote an- 
nually for a term of three years, salary |2,400 per annum. The office of 
the board is at the city hall, and it is provided with a clerk at $2, 000, a 
superintendent of streets at |1,800, and a street department pay clerk at 
$1,320 per annum. The board has charge of the street and street lighting 
department, the water- works department, the fire and fire alarm telegraph 
department, and the cemeteries. The Board of Education is composed of 
a president and one member from each of the sixteen wards, and the office 
and library are located in the Free Academy building. South Fitzhugh street. 

The Mayor is elected biennially, has an office in the city hall, is officially 
present from 10 A.M. to 12 M. daily, except Sundays, and draws a salary 
of $3,300 a year. Hon. Cornelius R.. Parsons is now serving his seventh 
term, which expires April, 1890. The salary list is as follows: 

Appointees of council and its committees — City clerk, $2,000; messen- 
ger, $1,200; assistant-messenger, $200; fire marshal, $1,200; sealer of 
weights and measures, fees; inspector of milk, meat and vegetables, $1,000; 
city hall Avatchman, $900; city hall engineer, $800; janitor, $800. 

Treasury department — City treasurer, $4,500; deputy- treasurer, $2,000; 
four assistants at $1,100, $1,000, $840 and $720 respectively. 

Law department — City attorney, $4,000; assistant, $2,000; stenographer, 
$900; clerk, $840. 

Assessor's department — Three city assessors, $2,700 each, including 
hire of one clerk each. 



28 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

Map and survey department- — City surveyor, $2,300; assistants at $1,500, 
11,060, $900, $192, 1761, $651, |660, and $560 respectively. 

Poor department— Overseer, $1,Y00; assistants at $900, $900, $900 and 
$750 respectively. Two physicians at $500 each. 

Police department — Station, city hall — Board of commissioners com- 
posed of the mayor, ex-ojfficio chairman, and two members appointed by 
council for four years; salaries for appointees, $1,000 each; police justice, 
elected for four years, $3,300, including clerk hire; clerk of court and com- 
missioners, $1,500; superintendent of police, $1,800; first captain and as- 
sistant chief, $1,400; second captain, $1,300; four lieutenants, $85 each per 
month; seven detectives, $90 each, and one at $85; court interpreter, $90; 
three telegraph operators, $40 each; one turnkey, $75; one janitor, $60 per 
month; three drivers, $900 each; ninety-nine patrolmen, $900 each per 
annum, all appointed by the commissioners. Connected with the patrol- 
wagon service are three sergeants, two patrolmen and a driver. About 
120 patrol telegraph boxes are distributed through the city, and each ward 
has the further protection of a constable elected by the people. 

Health department — The mayor and city clerk, ex-officio chairman and 
clerk, and five members appointed by the mayor; health officer, salary $900; 
messenger, $400; superintendent and clerk, $850; superintendent of garb- 
age, $4 per day; four inspectors, $500 each; two sewer-flushers, $500 each; 
keeper of Hope hospital, $600 — all appointed by the board. Twelve con- 
tractors, with an equal number of two-horse vehicles, each provided with 
two men, collect and remove all garbage at the rate of $4.75 a day for 
each team, acting under orders of the commissioners. 

Municipal court — City hall — Two judges, elected, salary $2,400 each; 
one clerk, appointed by court, $900. 

Commissioners of Excise — Three members, appointed by the mayor for 
three years, salary $720 each. 

Inspectors of Elections — Two from each district are elected annually, 
and one appointed by council. 

THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. 

This co-ordinate branch of the city government, exercising special au- 
thority in matters affecting the water supply, the fire department, cemete- 
ries, streets and street lighting, is composed of three members, one of whom 
is elected annually, and each entitled to a salary of $2,400. The board 
has under its immediate control three officials, viz.: Clerk, salary $2,000; 
superintendent of streets, $1,800, and pay clerk, street department, $1,320, 
besides exercising general direction of the departments committed to its 
care. The employes and salaries are: 

Water-works department — Chief engineer and general superintendent, 
$3,000; assistant engineer, $1,600; draughtsman, $1,000; clerk, $884; re- 
ceiver, $1,400; three clerks, $960 each; two clerks, $884 each, and one 
$600; foreman of repairs, $1,400; engineer at Holly works, $1,500; assist- 
ant engineer, $1,200. 

Fire department — Chief engineer, $2,000; two assistants, $1,200 each; 
superintendent of hose depot, $900; assistant, $720; superintendent fire 
alarm telegraph, $1,700; one lineman, $700; eight foremen, $900 each; 
eleven drivers, $720 each; seventeen hosemen, $720 each; three tillermen, 
$780 each; sixteen laddermen, $720 each; two pipemen, $780 each; and 



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the equipment embraces four steam fire engines, five hose carts, three hook 
and ladder trucks, one extinguisher, and thirty horses. The small number 
of fire engines in commission may strike those unacquainted with the city 
and its facilities for the extinguishment of fire as a little singular; but the 
fact is that for the present any increase of that branch of the department 
is unnecessary, and those now kept in readiness are seldom used save in the 
case of fire in the remote suburbs, because it is the policy of the authorities 
to extend the water service as rapidly as new streets are laid out, and be- 
fore they are paved, establishing fire-plugs at convenient distances. There 
are between 1,'700 and 1,800 of these plugs, and the pressure by gravitation 
from Hemlock lake and from the Holly water-works is sufiicient to force 
any desired number of streams to and over the top of any structure in the 
city. The two water systems are connected by gates, and can be combined 
whenever required for fire service. It should be borne in mind, also, that 
the paid fire department is efficiently seconded by a well-organized volun- 
teer force, provided with two hose carriages and protective apparatus, all 
under direction of the fire chief and Executive Board. Two new hose- 
houses are now under construction, and when finished and equipped will 
add greatly to the effectiveness of the department. For many years past 
fire losses have averaged less than |1 30,000 a year. Nearly 200 signal 
boxes, placed convenient of access, are provided for the purpose of turning 
in alarms, and are in charge of a skillful superintendent; salary $1,700, 

Thirty-seven miles of the streets are illuminated by means of some 
1,2*75 gas lamps, supplied, lighted and kept in order by three separate gas 
companies, at a cost of five ceots per lamp per night, and 105 miles by 638 
Brush arc lights at thirty and forty cents each per night, 220 Rochester 
electric, and 830 Edison incandescent. About 80 miles are unlighted. 

The cemeteries, under supervision of the board, are six in number, viz.: 
The Holy Sepulchre, Roman Catholic, Lake avenue, incorporated 1872; 
Mount Hope, public, 200 acres, established by the city 183G; Rapids, cor- 
porate, established 1812, one and a half acres, Genesee street; St. Boniface, 
R.C., Pinnacle avenue; St. Patrick's, R.C., west slope Pinnacle hill; Saints 
Peter and Paul, Maple near Childs street. 

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 

This board, composed of sixteen members — one from each ward — has 
charge of the public schools, and has the appointment and control of a li- 
brarian, salary $2,200; assistant librarian, salary $720; clerk, $600; mes- 
senger, $360; engineer and janitor of Free academy, $900; school police- 
man, $800; school carpenter, $800; and all principals and teachers, salaries 
varying as to grade, thus: Grammar and intermediate, male principals, 
$1,000 to $1,350; female principals, $500 to $700, except in grammar schools 
Nos. 7 and 18, where the pay is respectively $1,000 and $1,250. Assistant 
teachers in the common schools, 350 in number, receive from $250 to $450. 
School population, 1886, 14,610; average daily attendance, 11,035. The 
Rochester Free academy, performing the work of the high school of other 
cities, is a fine building located on South Fitzhugh street near Main, and 
for 1886 had 656 pupils. The salary list includes a principal at $2,000; one 
assistant at $1,500, one at $1,100, two at $800, one at $700, six at $650, and 
two at $600 each; a teacher of German at $1,100, and a teacher of natural 
sciences and drawing at $1,500. Total value of school property, $600,000. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 




October 31, 1887, the Superintendent of Public Schools submitted to the 
board of education his report, which shows a considerable improvement 
over the previous report, from which the preceding figures are condensed. 
It is as follows: Deposited in city treasury as tuition for non-resident 
pupils, $129. Estimated population of the city, 120,000; children between 
five and twenty-one years old, 39,000; school houses, 30; school houses in 
process of erection, 2; annexes rented, 3; whole number school rooms, 316; 



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total number teachers, 353; pupils registered, 1887, 14,948, Free academy, 
666; average number belonging, 11,725, Free academy, 577; average daily 
attendance, 11,147, Free academy, 556; percentage of attendance, 95; Free 
academy, 96.3. A revision of the course of study is made necessary by re- 
cent changes in text-books and subjects for study. Pupils of the third 
grade will hereafter be " promoted upon the judgment of the principal and 
grade teacher," as in the iirst and second grades. The course of Fish's 
arithmetic number 1, has been extended into the fifth and sixth grades, 
and a select course in Kerl's grammar is arranged. Fish's arithmetic num- 
ber :2 takes the place of Robinson's Practical, and a prominent place is 
given to language and composition. The matter of correct letter writino- 
as a part of the instruction is emphasized. Civil government as a separate 
study has been dropped from the course and will hereafter be taught in 
connection with United States history. The time of the grammar school 
course has been extended from nine to ten years, and elementary algebra 
has been introduced into the tenth yeai'. The importance of teaching read- 
ing thoroughly in the primary grades is dwelt upon in the report. The 
changes in the course in arithmetic, language, composition and grammar, 
and the importance of the courses in geography, spelling and vocal music 
are points especially emphasized. The subject of school buildings was 
treated at some length and the satisfactory operation of the no-recess plan 
was mentioned. 

In the matter of the cost of instruction the report stated that it varied 
little from year to year and was considerably less than that in a large ma- 
jority of cities in the Eastern, Northern, Middle and Western States. The 
Free academy is not large enough for the demand. It is already packed 
to its utmost capacity with pupils, and it may reasonably be expected that 
350 pupils will apply for admission in September next. Either rooms 
should be rented or a new high school building be erected. 

Regarding school accommodation the report states that the extra ap- 
propriation made last June enabled the board to provide for an additional 
number of pupils at Nos. 20, 22 and 31, but it is necessary that annexes 
should be provided for Nos. 13, 18 and 24, and relief is greatly needed at 
Nos. 3, 4, 6 and 11. Forty-three teachers graduated from the training 
class, and the class this year numbers 69 young ladies. The building fund 
for the year was $13,231.72; building fund, extra, $20,000; repair fund, 
$9,442.61; teacher's fund, $167,054.79; contingent fund, $52,419.95. 

The Board of Education also exercises general supervision of the 
Rochester, St. Patrick's, St. Joseph's, St. Mary's, and the Church Home 
orphan asylums. 

The Western New York Institution for Deaf Mutes, incorporated 1876, 
is located on North St. Paul street, and receives pupils at public charge. 

HIGHER EDUCATION. 

The University of Rochester, chartered 1850, is a famous institution of 
learn ing, conducted on the most liberal principles. The value of property, 
inclu ding land, buildings, securities of all kinds, etc., is placed at a sum 
approximating half a million dollars; income from all sources, $34,000; 
expe uses, $40,000 per annum. The library, a magnificent and comprehen- 
sive collection, is housed in Sibley hall, adjacent to the university building. 



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and is open to tlu; public! for rofcircncc and conKull.'ition, The Reynolds 
l;il»or:it<»ry is ;inotlier valuable adjunet, to (lie university. All of tliese 
buiMintjs are illustrated on pajj^e IL'. 

Tlie Rochester Tlieoloijjical Seminary (liaptist), chartered 1S5I, is cele- 
bralod for the nunilx^- and eminence of its jjjraduates. The property and 
improvenu^ntH are valued at |1'2.'{,000, invested funds |437,00(), income 
$26,000 per anninii. h'ive of the ten professorsliips are endowed; from 
ninety to one hundred students atiend, and the faciliticK aiTorded are un- 
surpassed, ernbrMciiiL!^ auionjjj other advantati^es a carefully selected liltrary 
of more than 'jr>,()(l(t volumes. 

'I'he various libraries located here alVord the student and general reader 
cxceptiomil opportunities, and include, besides the Central school library 




'Iri^m 



/^,SlAA''Ji[''ll!!!filli:ill\!!|llto 







ANOl'llKK \ IK.W Ol' rUK Cl'CKK I'Al-LS t)F THK OICNKSEE. 

of 14,240 volunu'S, at the l^'ret' academy, the foUowiny^: Theoloii^ical semi- 
nary, 'JO,.")iH) v«)luuu«s; University, li 1,700; Reynolds, 14,000; Court of 
Appeals, lL',00t); Deaf JNIute, 0,500; Ivochester Orphan Asylum, 1,200; 
City Hospital, L', 15; V. INI. C. A., 1,127; Warner Observatory, 000; Convent 
of Sacred Heart, I,2S0. 

There are sonu' fifty j>ri\ati' and church schools, academies and orphan 
asYluius in the citv. 



CHAMI^BR OP^ cc)Mmi:k»c i:. 



PUELIMINAKY WORK — ORfJANTZATTON — OFFK KRS AND 
C()MMI'lTKb:S— INAIKUIRAL liANC^UKT - ADDRKSS OK 
RRKSIDKN'I^ WARNKR. 



VIGILANT iii- 
(luiry fails to 
(liscovor who 
sutj^gcstod tli(! idoa 
that cuhniiiated in 
the organization of 
RcxiheHter'H proHont 
Chamber of (Com- 
merce. The tirKt 
known of it by tlic^ 
gene ra 1 p u bl i c, 
reached them by 
means of an adver- 
t i 8 e m c n t in the 
daily press of No- 
vember 22, IHkV, in- 
viting the biisiitesH 
men of tlie city 
favorable to the 
formation of an as- 
sociation liaving for 
its object the mate- 
rial advanc(!m((nt of 
the community to 
meet at the Mayor's 

office for tlie pur- itocnicsriH < iia,\ii;i;u or coMMKHeic m ij^dino. 

pose of taking steps for a general public meeting to perfect j)lans and put 
the movement into tangible Hha[>e. The response was b(!yond all antic^ipa- 
tion, and tlu; [)reliniinary consultation was so numerously attend(Ml and so 
enthusiastic that it was determined to organize on the spot. (/ommittees 
on constitution and by-laws, to nominate ofhcers and to solicit the e,o-op(!r- 




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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



ation of business men were appointed, and the meeting adjourned in high 
spirits, confident that the work had begun in the right way. Nor were 
they mistaken. At the second meeting, held at the same place December 
5, the constitution and by-laws were adopted, as was the name — Rochester 
Chamber of Commerce — and the names of forty-six membere were placed 
on the rolls, each advancing the fee of twenty dollars. Progress was 




^:2^^'^'t>^'«^ 



PRESIDENT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 

rapid thereafter, the infection spreading like wildfire, and at the ensuing 
meeting, called for the election of officers at the Common Council Chamber 
December 19, ninety-one members reported, the number swelling to one 
hundred and fifty-four ere the hour for adjournment arrived. The officers 
chosen and committees appointed are as follows: President, H. H. 
Warner; first vice-president, W. S. Kimball; second vice-president, Frank 
S. Upton ;, third vice-president, Henry Michaels ; treasurer, H. B. Hatha- 
way; secretary, J. Y. McClintock. Executive committee — D. M. Hough, 
Arthur S. Hamilton, T. B. Griffith, Wm. C. Barry, George C. Buell, Henry 
C. Brewster; H. H. Warner, chairman. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 35 

Managers, for three years — Lewis P. Ross, Charles J. Burke, Henry C. 
Brewster, Arthur S. Hamilton, D. M. Hough, George C. Buell, A.' M. 
Lindsay, W. H. Gorsline, J. IL Chase, Arthur G. Yates. 

Managers, for two years — William C. Barry, Isaac Wile, Eugene T. 
Curtis, William N. Oothout, John W. Goss, Frederick Will, E. Frank 
Brewster, Clinton Rogers, James Vick, S. B. Roby. 

Managers, for one year — Lewis Chase, Harvey W. Brown, Granger A. 
Hollister, Silvanus J. Macy, J. W. Gillis, Rufus K. Dryer, E. W. Peck, 
T. B. Griffith, C. M. Everest, Alexander Hayden, the president, vice- 
presidents and treasurer being ex-officio members of the board or man- 
agers. 

Standing committees — On Manufactures — D. M. Hough, chairman ; 
Henry D. Stone, J. W. Gillis, Henry C. Munn, J. W. Niederpreuem, John 

F. Alden, H. H. Pryor, B. Rothschild, R. K. Dryer, E. W. Peck, Henry 
A. Strong, Patrick Cox. 

On Railroads and Transportation — Arthur S. Hamilton, chairman ; 
L. P. Ross, Charles Fitz Simons, A. G. Yates, Ira L. Otis, Lewis Chase, 
S. B. Stuart, Benjamin E. Chase, John W. Goss, Rufus A. Sibley, Simeon 

G. Curtice, Charles S. Hastings, J. A. Hinds. 

On Promotion of Trade — T. B. Griffith, chairman; Henry Lomb, 
Eugene T. Curtis, A. S. Mann, John Fahy, Henry S. Plebard, H. Wheeler 
Davis, Leo Stein, Robert M. Myers, H. H. Craig, Samuel Wilder, E. 
Ocumpaugh, Henry Likly. 

On Statistics, Publication and Public Improvements — William C. 
Barry, chairman; George C. Buell, jr., S. B. Roby, J. C. Hart, F. M. Mc- 
Farlin, P. L. Salmon, J. G. Cutler, George H. EUwanger, W. S. Little, 
E. R. Andrews, Arthur Robinson, Julius M. Wile. 

On Legislation, Postal Facilities, Telegraphy and Insurance — George 
C. Buell, chairman; H. F. Huntington, Alfred Wright, Frank S. ITpton, 
W. F. Balkam, C. E. Angle, E. M. Upton, H. S. Greenleaf, H. F. Atwood, 
George Weldon, James S. Graham, James Vick, Samuel Sloan. 

On Entertainment — Henry C. Brewster, chairman ; Joseph O'Conor, 
Frank A. Stecher, Harold C. Kimball, C. C. Woodworth, G. G. Mac- 
pherson, J. DeWitt Butts, W. Henry Mathews, Granger A. Hollis- 
ter, John E. Morey, jr., Horace C. Brewster, C. M. Everest, Seth J. 
Arnold. 

The objects of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, as set forth in 
the preamble to the constitution, are "the promotion of trade, the increas- 
ing and fostering of our manufacturing interests, the protection of our 
manufacturers and merchants from unjust discrimination, the furthering of 
all business which shall tend to the advancement of our interests as a 
business community and add to the general welfare and prosperity of our 
citizens." 

Tuesday evening, January 10, the Chamber was duly inaugurated by a 
banquet at the Powers Hotel, tendered by the president, H. H. Warner, 
Esq., at which were present two hundred and sixty members and many in- 
vited guests, all of whom contributed their utmost to render the occasion 
an enjoyable and memorable one. 

The first regular meeting was held at the Warner building January 12, 
when the president delivered an able and forcible inaugural address as 
follows: 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



Gentlemen: This is the first meeting of our board to perfect our organization. It 
is but proper that we should look over the work we have before us. We have taken 
upon ourselves a great work, which I believe will be appreciated by all our oitizens. 
They raay not see how we are to accomplish the end we have in view, neither can we; 
but when 300 business firms, such as are represented in this body, turn their thoughts 
and efforts in one direction, there will be plenty of success at no distant day. 

We have a beautiful and attractive city. Its surroundings are much more than 
ordinary, and strangers are attracted and animated by them. The beautiful drives, 
leading in many directions about the city, are seldom surpassed; within a half-hour's 
drive from our city line is the second Coney Island of America, and one of the most 
beautiful of lakes, forming the last link in the chain of lakes between the Mississippi 
and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Within twelve hours ride by steamer is that beautiful 
summer resort, tbe Thousand Islands, having no equal on this continent for recrea- 
tion and sport; nnd two hours' ride brings us to that great cataract, Niagara Falls, 
which many j eople travel thousands of miles to see. 

Our people are happy and pros- 
perous, our mechanics are skilled, 
and in no other city in the United 
States can so many artisans and 
laborers point to comfortable 
homes owned by themselves. The 
vaults of our Savings Banks and 
Loan Associations are tilled to 
overflowing with the earnings and 
savings of our people. 

Our principal streets are pur- 
passed but by one other in the 
United States, Euclid avenue of 
Cleveland, Ohio, which has the aid 
of nature, enabling it to be classed 
as one of the most beautiful streets 
in the world. 

Some 20,000 of our people de- 
pend upon our boot and shoe man- 
ufacturers for their living, and even 
a greater mimber depend upon our 
great clothing houses. It is very 
gratifying that your president is 
able to tell you that these two 
great enterprises are ranked high 
up in the lists, and that very few 
cities excel us in this respect. 

Our milling business is a vfry 
important factor in our city. Our 
nurseries, flower farms and seed 
houses are the most extensive in 
the country, are famed the world 
over, and justly entitle us to the 




W. S. KIMBALL, 
FIBST VICE-PBESIDENT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 



name of the " Flower City." 

Among the other industries for which Rochester stands prominent, if not pre- 
eminent, among the cities of the country may be mentioned edge and machinists' tools, 
ale and beer brewing, burial caskets, cigarettes and tobacco, headlights and lamps, 
bank-locks, carriages and sleighs, steam engines, furniture and cabinet ware, ladies' 
underwear, fruit canning and preserving, elevators, wood- working machinery, frames 
and mouldings, bridge building, dental chairs, dry plates, drain and sewer pipe, first- 
class hotels, and newspapers. 

Rochester can boast of the finest public art gallery in the country. Her business 
blocks contain many buildings that are models of elegance. It would be very dilHcult 
to find a repulsive street, and even the poorest streets are possessed of some beautiful 
residences, with generous and beautiful surroundings. 

The city is located in a great fruit-growing district, noted for many years for the 
perfect product of its orchards. Numerous connecting railroads and the Erie Canal 
give us unexcelled transportation facilities. A ride of a day or a night takes our 
people to New York or Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



37 



The mercantile standing of our business houses and manufacturers is a theme of 
commendation throughout the country. The remarkably small number of failures 
during the last few years shows a record which cannot be excelled. 

Oar people are noted for their generosity in sustaining private and public charit- 
able institutions. 

Rochester can boast of its educational and church advantages. We have the 
finest graded school system. Our Free Academy affords the greatest advantages for 
those of limited means who wish to enter upon a course of thorough education. Our 
Mechanics' Institute makes a thorough practical training possible to those who 
desire it. 

Our Rochester University is excelled in but few instances. All religious denomina- 
tions are represented by suitable church edifices, many of them costly and elegant. 

Our water works, including the Holly and Hemlock systems, are as perfect as 
the device of man can make them. The low percentage of loss by fire gives a better 
guarantee of their excellence than we can. The Hemlock system and the water are 

as near perfect as can be found. 
In an elaborate statement, pub- 
lished a short time ago, I saw that 
the Rochester Hemlock water is 
rated as next to the purest water 
used in any city in the United 
States. 

The gentle slope of our city fur- 
nishes the best facilities for drain- 
ing, and with our water supply 
renders the sanitary condition of 
the city as standing without a 
rival. With private wells entirely 
abolished we shall reach as near 
perfection as it is possible. Our 
water-power, also, is a very import- 
ant factor in the prosperity of our 
city. 

There are many other advan- 
tages which I might mention, but 
I will not now take up more of 
your time for that purpose. 

With its natural advantages 
Rochester has quietly pushed it- 
self forward, until our city is esti- 
mated to have a population of 
130,r00. The census of 1880 made 
it 89,366. The increase from 1870 
to 1880 was 40 per cent. Our in- 
crease since 1880 has been much 
more rapid than from 1870 to 1880. 
This growth has been going on 
without attracting much if any 
attention. It would be hard for 
any one to account for so rapid a growth of any city without any special reason. 

Now, gentlemen, if two industries alone, the clothing and the boot and shoe indus- 
tries of this city, will furnish employment to, or sustain, about 40,000 or 50,000 people, 
and with the natural growth within ten years from 40 to 50 per cent., what may we 
not expect from a united effort to encourage other large manufacturing enterprises, 
of which we have but few. Reflect for a moment, and call to your mind how many 
manufacturing concerns have each furnished work for thousands of people, almost 
an entire city. Of course, such large concerns, employing a great number of people, 
are not so advantageous as smaller manufactories employing the same number of 
men, from the fact that if misfortune should overtake some of the latter the calamity 
would be of less importance, as it would only affect a few, while with large concerns 
many would be affected, causing a more general depression for the time being. 

Large manufacturing concerns can be induced to come to Rochester. They must 
be encouraged in more ways than one. We must let them feel that their success is 
ours. We must encourage them by giving them our financial aid in case they ask it 




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FRANK S. UPTON, 
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT CHAMBEB OF OOMMEHCE. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



as an inducement to locate in this community. Why should we do this, many will 
ask? I will try to explain: If every man would invest a little of his surplus in manu- 
facturing concerns that care to receive such investments, provided the stock is oilered 
by such concerns as locate in our midst, the amount would be of little importance to 
the investor. Yet if all capitalists, business concerns and real estate owners in the 
city of Bochester would invest 1 or 2 per cent, of their capital is assisting manufac- 
turers to locate here, even if one in five were to be a failure and the loss of 50 per 
cent, of such investment should actually be made, which is not at all probable, the 
growth of our city would be marvelous, and within live years the value of our real 
estate would increase at least ten times the amount that we had invested, even if the 
investment should be an entire loss. We cannot expect a few to do this alone, neither 
can we expect the members of the Chamber of Commerce alone to do it. Neither can 
we expect our large business men or capitalists to do it alone. Every citizen of 
Eochester must be wide awake to the new era that is dawning upon the city. Every 
one must contribute his little, and we will be astonished at the results inside of 
five years. 

Many will pooh ! pooh ! at the suggestion and will say : " That's right ; let these 
wide-awake, energetic men put in their money. I do not propose to discommode 

myself for the sake of others' 
profit." Such men are blind to 
their interests. They blind their 
vision with a nickel. 

Gentlemen, I do not hesitate to 
say that Rochester could make 
millions of dollars by investing 1 
per cent, of her wealth in encourag- 
ing manufacturers. In five years, 
if this was done, she would double 
or treble her population, and in- 
crease her wealth by increasing 
the value of her real estate many 
times. By increasing the work in 
our city we would reduce the per- 
centage of our taxes much more 
than the amount of money that 
we might contribute toward this 
object. 

We have now nearly all the city 
improvements a prosperous city 
requires. There is no necessity for 
much addition to our expenses for 
double or treble our population. 
The belief is that our citizens 
have become wide- awake to the 
fact that Rochester can become a 
great city, and is about to cast off 
its village garb. That petty jeal- 
ousies and envy are fast becoming 
things of the past. Mushrooms are becoming palatable, and old fossils are fast 
being shelved and forgotten. A few years ago, from the best obtainable information, 
a man who came to this city as a stranger was considered an interloper, and if he 
met with success he was compelled to battle with jealousy, false rumors and the 
complications that arise in. business from such sources and the business world besides. 
We have risen above all this, and to-day it is the prevailing sentiment of all to wel- 
come, encourage and foster business and manufacturing, and the general sentiment 
of the entire city is: " Welcome you. Come. We have every advantage to offer you." 
The indebtedness of our city, on the average with other cities, compares favorably. 
The bulk of it was caused by constructing our water works system, which is becom- 
ing more valuable as our city increases in size. These works belong to the city, and 
the outstanding debt should not be considered a drawback, from the fact that the 
property is worth many times the liability. Every man, woman and child participates 
in the beneficial results. It is their property, and the day is not far distant when the 
city will receive a handsome revenue from what appears at the present time to be a 
burden. 




HENRY MICHAELS, 
THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



39 



The management of our municipal affairs compares favorably with that of other 
cities. I do not wish to cast any reproach on our city government, but it is proper for 
us to look on both sides; the disadvantages as well as the advantages that are pre- 
sented. We find it an unfortunate defect in most cities that the municipal affairs are 
left to drift in a more or less indifferent way. What is the result of the loose political 
methods which prevail in the administration of the affairs of our cities throughout 
the country? In the first place, it increases our taxes, and increases them without 
giving a fair compensation for such increase. People who recognize the difference 
between spending money wastefully and investing it will not criticise the investment 
that brings back returns. To spend without proper returns is absolute waste. I think 
it is about time for the business men of our country to give municipal government 
some attention and see that the men filling our principal offices are honest, careful, 
competent business men, and this evil of careless indifference or neglect, which permit 
the use of municipal offices for political purposes should be blotted out of every city. 
If the taxes are higher in our city than in other cities the merchants and manufac- 
turers doing business in competition with these other places are handicapped, because 
of the added expenses in taxes. These taxes make it — to the extent that they are 

higher than his competitors 
have — impossible for the man- 
ufacturer to successfully com- 
pete in business contests. Now, 
I am not instituting compari- 
sons between Rochester and 
other cities, I am only trying to 
lay down a general principle 
that a Chamber of Commerce, 
composed of merchants and bus- 
iness men of Eochester, should 
observe. It is our bounden 
duty to do all we can to pro- 
mote good government, on a 
business basis, to the end that 
we may hold our officials to a 
personal accountability for 
their acts, and that we may 
secure, for the money exacted 
from us every year in the shape 
of taxes, full commercial value 
for every dollar. 

Now, how are we to bring this 
matter about ? I ask you to 
call up in your mind your city 
officials as a body, and ask 
yourselves, " Are these the kind 
of men whom we would select 
to be responsible for the ex- 
penditure on our own behalf of 
$1,250,000 per year?" If they 
are not such men, whose fault 
is it that they are in office? It is not our duty as an association to go into politics; 
it is not our duty to favor one party or another; but it is our duty as individuals, as 
members of business houses, and as heavy taxpayers, to infuse some of our business 
methods, our business sagacity, our business judgment, into our conduct as citizens, 
and insist upon it trhat we shall have full value rendered, by competent, honest men, 
in the administration of our city's affairs. 

Years ago it was the proud boast of the American citizen that he held an unsolici- 
ted office, as the gift of the people. To-day, instead of the office seeking the man, too 
often it is the rule the men seek office, and sacrifice their manhood and debauch every 
principle of honor and morality in order to secure that office. There are exceptions. 
There are occasions when the office seeks the man, and I think you will agree with me 
that in most cases'where the people have wisely chosen such men they have been good 
officials, whose influence has lived in municipal affairs long after they themselves 
have passed away. Our aldermen, our school commissioners, and our city officials 
generally, should be men of high business and moral character. In our own city, and in 




o. Y. MCCLINTOCK, 
SECRETARY CHAMBER OF OOMMEROE. 



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other cities, I am confident that the fault is not so much with the individual, is not 
that he is necessarily dishonest or incompetent, but the machinery with which he 
works and the methods employed by him and his associates, are political methods and 
political machinery, and any one who is familiar with the matter knows that if our 
business affairs were run on the same principle that our municipal affairs are they 
would soon run into bankruptcy. If we could say, " Our city is goverened by our 
best business men, they attend the caucases and conventions, and see that the best 
men of both parties are nominated, and when they are nominated we stand by 
them and assist in their election, and do not leave them to the corrupt elements of 
their party to fight out the battle alone." Gentlemen, when we do this you will find 
plenty of our best business men will be willing to accept the offices, and will con- 
duct the municipal affairs with as much pride, care and attention as they do their 
own business. When the success of our candidates depends upon the best elements 
of our city, and when they are surrounded by associates they would be glad to meet 
socially, politically and in business affairs, we may look for a happy condition of 
our city government. On the other hand, it is too often the case that these posi- 
tions of honor are filled by men that you as 
business men would not allow to sweep the 
floors of your business offices. 

Is this right? I say such men should 
never hold office, and if elected they should 
never be re-elected. It makes no difference 
from what party they come, be it Republican, 
Democratic or Prohibition. If necessary, 
form a combination of the best elements 
of both parties and defeat them, and show 
the ward politicians that from this time out 
the people propose to purify the city offices 
at the polls if the trouble cannot be success- 
fully coped with at caucuses and conven- 
tions. The election of such men is a detri- 
ment and disgrace to the city, and in fact 
that such nominees are elected because they 
belong to this or that clique or party, is a 
crime. If this evil cannot otherwise be over- 
come in our cities, it would be much better 
to nominate a citizen's ticket, composed of 
the best men from both or all parties, and 
succeed or fail on that issue, and in proper 
time irresponsible and unreliable men will 
find that they have mistaken their calling, and wi ll seek positions better suited to 
their nature. f I 

I need not discuss the merits or demerits of our present charter. I have only to 
say to you tbat in the opinion of men most familiar with it, and in the opinion of the 
men who are familiar with its workings, if an instrument had been drawn up to en- 
tourage looseness and irresponsibility it could not have been better fitted for such a 
purpose. It is the old village charter patched up, cut over, glued together and dis- 
torted, and made to do duty for a city of 130,000 people. The result is the Mayor is not 
responsible for the administration of the law; the Excise Commission has nothing to 
do with the prosecution of those who violate the licenses it issues; the Common 
Council is not responsible for the expenditure of city funds. Many criticise the pro- 
posed new charter, as placing too much power in tlae hands of one man, the Mayor, 
be he who he may; I may say I think it very unwise to unite such powers as the new 
charter proposes to do, unless the citizens of Rochester are determined to see that 
only the best men are elected to office. Of course, if a bad man is elected Mayor, 
then to give him absolute power is a serious thing; but there is no reason why we 
should have bad men as Mayors if our citizens and businessmen respond to the duty 
that is clearly theirs, of serving the city if called so to do. The most difficult thing 
in our government, and I presume in the world is, as I have hinted, the difficulty 
of locating the responsibility for everything that is done wrong. I am not familiar 
with the details of the charter that was proposed, but I am sure that, if the govern- 
ment is a good criterion of the charter, no charter drawn up by such men as were 
engaged in that work could possibly have ended in such a travesty upon good gov- 
-ernment as the present charter of the city of Rochester. 




T. B. GRIFFITH, 

CHAIBMAN COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION OF 

TEADE, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 41 

Gentlemen, I leave these, not political considerations, but commercial considera- 
tions in your hands. I trust you will pardon me when I say that I do not believe 
that there is a work that could be done for the city of Rochester so beneficial as that 
of patting our best business men in the place of those who are unqualified, or in- 
different to their responsibilities; although we have in some instances men of high 
character, honor and qualifications, fully capable of filling the offices to which they 
were elected. Re-elect them, and put enough of our best business men with them to 
give us a perfect municipal government. When this is accomplished you will find a 
different situation and an improvement of a very large percentage in our business 
and moral status. This, I claim, is tlie very foundation of the prosperity of the city, 
to promote which is the main object of the formation of this association. 

Excuse me, therefore, for calling your attention to another fact. The business 
men of Rochester have not been, as it seemed to me, as alert as they have been in 
some other cities to the general advantages arising from what may be termed a com- 
munity of interest. If any peculiar advantage has been acquired by a business 
concern it may be a temporary benefit to that concern to prevent, if possible, its home 
competitors from sharing it. But is it a benefit in the end ? Would not a broader 
view result in a more permanent, and, ultimately, a greater gain? It seems to me 
that all commercial or manufacturing concerns in Rochester would find it to their 
ultimate advantage to seek to elevate not only their own standard, but that of every 
other house engaged in the same line of business in the city. 

The result of this would be that the high standard of Rochester goods, which find 
their way into the markets of the world, would so attract the general trade that the 
trade of every Rochester concern would be largely increased, all would gain in the 
transaction, and the ultimate results would be much more beneficial to the house which 
first secured a temporary advantage than as though a selfish course had been adopted. 

There is but little doubt that Rochester is discriminated against on its freight 
rates. Manufacturers have built their factories along the great New York Central 
railroad, with the promise that they should not be handicapped because of the lack 
of freight competition which is afforded to those located in the great centers. This 
question of freight discrimination, against one city, in favor of another, is a very vital 
one. It is the prevailing sentiment that we are not receiving fair treatment at the 
hands of those who fix the rate of freight over the great trunk lines upon which we 
place our greatest reliance. This will be one of the principal questions that will be 
handled by this Board, and I hope the entire membership of the Chamber of Com- 
merce, all the business men of Rochester, and in fact all our citizens, will work in 
harmony when the proper time comes for us to act. It has been thoroughly demon- 
strated in Rochester that when a matter of injustice that concerns all citizens is 
brought up they will stand firm and deprive themselves, for the purpose of obtaining 
justice. We do not know in what shape this matter of discrimination against us in 
freight rates will come, but when it comes, let iis work together for the common wel- 
fare, as though for our own individual welfare. I think this question should receive 
our early attention. 

There is another matter which appears to me to be very important and which is 
working to the disadvantage of Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit and 
other cities along the lines of these great trunk railroads. It is the practice of selling 
through tickets from western points to New York city or Boston, without granting a 
lay-over check for any intermediate place. For instance, a western or southwestern 
dealer desires to make a short trip to New York. He of course desires to transact 
his business in the shortest possible time, and with as much ease, and even luxury, as 
possible. He buys what is known as a "limited ticket." As he passed through* the 
dififerent cities en route, iinder ordinary circumstances, and with an ordinary ticket, 
such as he obtained in former days, he would stop at different points and purchase 
from the manufacturers there. This was beneficial to the railroads as well as to the 
merchant. To the railroads because it secured the fr-ight without having to com- 
pete with half a dozen trunk lines such as run out of New York. To the merchant 
because he could buy direct from the manufacturer and personally select his own 
goods. 

To overcome the present state of affairs many, in fact, nearly all the manufactur- 
ers at the points above mentioned, and at a great many others, have established agen- 
cies or warehouses in New York and other such cities, at great expense and the incon- 
venience and trouble of running one or two otherwise unnecessary establishments. 
For the merchant to make all of his purchases in New York is perhaps the easier way, 
but no such buyer can forget that the expenses of the manufacturers' agent, or ware- 



42 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

house, in New York, or the profit of tlie middle-men, have all been added to the price 
of the goods. 

This may appear like a matter of little importance, but I think it is worthy of con- 
sideration by all the cities aloug these great railroad lines, and that it should receive 
from you some thought and attention. It certainly adds to the cost of manufact- 
ure to establish such warehouses or pay the profits granted to middle-men, which 
amounts to a large sum. I do not see why it is not our duty, as a Chamber of Com- 
merce, to make an investigation and see if we cannot convince these different railroads 
that it would be wise to favor manufacturers along their line and thus save our city 
and other cities hundreds of thousands of dollars. 

Another pomt worthy of thought is the fact that we have but few parks in Roch- 
ester. I think we should encourage our city oflfioials to endeavor to secure more of 
these breathing places, even if we do not for some time see fit to improve them. 
Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry have just made a noble and generous gift to the city for 
park purposes, which will, no doubt, be more thoroughly appreciated as its value 
becomes more generally known. Twenty-two acres of land, which in location and 
natural advantages are peculiarly adapted to the purposes of a park, will, when it 
has received very moderate improvement, afford the people of Rochester a delightful 
resort. For charming prospect and healthful air it will not be excelled by any park 
of its size in the country. It is to be hoped that this is but the beginning of a park 
system appropriate to the populous city Rochester is destined to become. A formal vote 
of thanks to the gentlemen who have made this generous donation would seem to be a 
proper thing for the Chamber of Commerce to put upon its records. I believe it is also 
our duty to pay some attention to the moral as well as the physical, political and com- 
mercial interests of the city. The Young Men's Christian Association of this city, the 
Young Men's Catholic Association, the Young Men's Jewish Association, and similar 
associations of young n '^n, are doing noble work and should be encouraged. The Young 
Men's Christian Association have been canvassing the city for the past year for 
building fund. They have succeeded in raising in all about $70,000. Does it speak 
well for the moral and business enterprise of this city that a larger sum for such a pur- 
pose has not been raised? The New York Central R. R. recognizes the influence of 
sound religious principles over its employees, and sustains such associations in con- 
nection with its road, simply because the managers know it is a good business policy. 
There is no adequate place in the city of Rochester set apart and ordained for the 
amusement, entertainment and profit of young men. If a young man, anxious for an 
education, or agreeable surroundings and safe society, comes to Rochester without 
home influences and without friends, the chances are that instead of starting on a noble 
course in life, that will end in distinction and wealth, he will fall under the influence 
of some one of the 800 or more saloons, or the score or more of gambling hells that 
stand open night and day, Sundays and week-days, crying for his money and his blood. 
If we had such institutions as the Young Men's Christian Association, the Young 
Men's Catholic Association, and the Young Men's -Jewish Association are endeavoring 
to give us, and young men should connect themselves with such institutions, they 
would grow into a wise and usefnl manhood. The city of Rochester, and every city, 
is under obligations to care for its young men. All cannot be attracted to churches. 
One rule will not fit all. We must seek to provide moral influences of various kinds, 
in order to attract the different dispositions among our young men. 

There is one more subject I think it proper to call attention to. Twenty-seven 
years ago a gun was fired at Charleston harbor, that many thought to be the "crack 
of doom " for the Union. Then came four years of terrible warfare. For twenty- 
seven years the bones of many of the fathers and sons of the city of Rochester and 
Monroe county have been bleaching in unmarked graves; their names have almost 
faded from the records, and can scarcely be recalled to memory. For four 
years now the people have been scraping together their cash, and doling out their 
pennies and their dollars with unwilling hand; no monument yet rises, no memory is 
preserved, no evidence is given that we loved those who died for us. I tell you, gentle- 
men, the South, in her defeat, teaches us a lesson, for not a man in all the southern 
land who died for his State, who died for his people, has been forgotten, and the 
names are engraven in enduring stone, and their memory kept perpetually green. 
They failed. We triumphed. They have not forgotten their dead, and we have not 
kept ours in mind. I trust, gentlemen, that we shall not consider it foreign and apart 
from our purposes as members of the Chamber of Commerce, to encourage the effort 
and speedily see to it that a suitable monument is raised, and that it shall be a mem- 
orial fit for those who surrendered everything that the world can give that we might 
enjoy tne benefits of a free government. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 43 

President Warner is a native of Van Buren, N. Y,, where he first saw 
the light January 10, 1842. He came to Rochester in 1870 as general 
agent for a Cincinnati safe manufacturing concern, and within ten years 
accumulated an independence and the reputation of the heaviest safe dealer 
in the country — the result of untiring energy, great executive capacity, and 
a marvelous knowledge of men. At present he is at the head of the most 
extensive patent medicine house in this or any other country, manufactur- 
ers of the famous "Safe" remedies, and also of the "Safe" yeast and " Log 
Cabin" remedy firm of H. H. Warner & Co. He is celebrated, besides, as 
the founder of the Warner observatory, described elsewhere. 

First Vice-President Wm. S. Kimball is a native of New Hampshire, 
born in 1837. A machinist by trade, he settled in Rochester in 1857, and 
in 1863 commenced the manufacture of tobacco. He is now head of the 
firm of W. S. Kimball & Co., proprietors of the renowned '-Peerless" 
tobacco works. 

Second Vice-President Frank S. Upton is vice-president and treasurer 
of the Kelly Lamp Company, secretary and treasurer of the Rochester 
Title Insurance Company, and a director of the Rochester & Genesee 
Valley Railroad Company, besides being identified with other enterprises 
of a business nature. His age is thirty-seven, and he has resided here 
since infancy. 

Third Vice-President Henry Michaels, born in England, is thirty-five. 
He came to Rochester when but sixteen, and was trained to the clothing 
trade in all its branches. As head of Michaels, Stern & Co., manufacturers 
and jobbers of clothing, he is favorably known all over the continent. 

Treasurer Henry B. Hathaway, aged forty-nine, for twenty years senior 
member of Hathaway & Gordon, brewers and maltsters, has resided here 
since 1865. He has been a director of the Flour City National Bank for 
thirteen years, acting as president for the last five. 

Secretary McClintock was born in Boston, and came to Rochester some- 
thing over eight years ago. His qualifications for hi'-< present position are 
of the highest order, and the Chamber was indeed fortunate in securing 
his services. 

Chairman D. M. Hough, Committee on Manufactures, removed to 
Rochester from Auburn nine or ten years ago, and is senior member of 
Hough & Ford, shoe manufacturers. 

The Committee on Railroads and Transportation is presided over by a 
native of the city, Mr. Arthur S. Hamilton, a prominent hardware mer- 
chant, born here in 1833. 

There are few gentlemen better known to the business men of Roch- 
ester and throughout Western New York than Mr. T. B. Griflith, manager 
of the mercantile agency of R. G. Dun & Co., who has recently taken so 
active a part in the organization of* the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, 
acting as secretary until the appointment of a permanent secretary of the 
organization, and to whom is attributable in a large measure the credit of 
placing it on its present substantial basis. Mr. Griflith is by profession a 
lawyer, having graduated in 1864. Finding the legal profession unsuited 
to his taste, he drifted into Wall street, and after acting as cashier for the 
banking firm of Archibald Ogilvie for some years, on the death of Mr. 
Ogilvie, succeeded him, forming the well-known firm of Geo. R. Wallace 
& Co., who for a number of years transacted a successful banking and 



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brokerage business at No. 48 Wall street, New York. Mr. Griffith has 
been connected with the Rochester branch for about eight years, and pre- 
vious to that time with the New York and Buffalo offices. 

Chairman W. C. Barry of the Committee on Statistics, Publication and 
Public Improvements, is a son of the junior member and himself connected 
with the firm of EUwanger & Barry, nurserymen, president of the Western 
New York Horticultural Society, and a director of the Rochester City <fc 
Brighton railroad. 

Chairman Buell of the Committee on Legislation, Postal Facilities, 
Telegraphy and Insurance, is senior member of George C. Buell & Co., 
wholesale grocers, and the oldest of Rochester's living merchants. 

Chairman Henry C. Brewster of the Committee on Entertainment, is 
cashier of the Traders' Bank, vice-president of the Rochester Trust and 
Safe Deposit Company, a commissioner of Mt. Hope Cemetery, director of 
the Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Company, and of the Empire 
State Insurance Company, and vice-president for New York of the 
American Bankers' Association. Membership, up to June 15, when our 
report closes, is as follows: 



MEMBERS OF TEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 



Adler L. Bros. & Co., 92 N. St. Paul, mnfrs. of 

clothing. 
Aikenhead W. & J. M., 68 Front, mnfrs. soap and 

fertilisers. 
Aldrich Theodore F., 1,52 State, fruit, oysters, etc. 
Aldridge Geo. W. memjaer Executive Board. 
Allen, Strauss & Co. 22 E. Main, clothing. 
Allen L. L., 48 Piatt, mnfr. tine flannels. 
Ailing & Cory, 68 Exchange, who!, paper, etc. 
Amsden Frank J. i W. Main, banker, broker, etc. 
Andrews E. R., 1 Aqueduct, printer. 
Anthony D. M., 203 N. Water, aerated bread. 
Archer Manufacturing Co., 9 N. Water, mnfrs. 

barbers' chairs. 
Armstrong D. & Co., 120 Mill, mnfrs. boots and 

Arnold's. J. &Co., 44 N. St. Paul, whol. dry goods. 

Ashley Wm. J., cashier Merchants' Bank. 

Babcock H. H. & Co., Ti W. Main, coal. 

Backus Jas. M., 17 W. Main, groceries, etc. 

Barlow William K., 47 Arcade, insurance. 

Bartholomay Brewing Co., 479 N. St. Paul. 

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 537 N. St. Paul, 
mnfrs. optical instruments. 

Beir Albert, 115 E. Main, carpets and furniture. 

Beir Martin, 41 Arcade, insurance. 

Benjamin S. M. & Sons, 178 E. Main, toys, no- 
tions, etc. 

Bickford Brothers, mnfrs. spring beds. 

Bolton Thomas, 93 Andrews, mnfr. shoes. 

Bowman Thomas W., 46 Vick Park, nurseryman. 

Bradshaw & Herzberger, 48 S. Fitzhugh, coal. 

Brady Gilbert & Co., 37 S. Fitzhugh, stone dealers. 

Brewster Henry ('., cashier Traders' Bank. 

Brewster H. P., 77 E. Main. toVjacco and cigars. 

Brewster U. & Co., 17 N. Water, whol. grocers. 

Brewster, Crittenden & Co., whol. grocers. 

Brewster, Gordon & Co., 153 E. Main, whol. 
grocers. 

Briggs James E. 

Bristol A. M., 94 Exchatfge, mnfrs. registers, etc. 

Buck & Sanger, Powers' Hotel. 

Buell George C. & Co., 39 Exchange, whol. grocers. 

Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co., 122 E. Main, 
whol. and ret. dry goods. 

Butts I. W. & J. DeWitt, 16 State, lawyers. 

Byrnes, Dngan & Hudson, 6 Pleasant, mnfrs. 
children's shoes. 



CarltonW. F., Rochester Optical Co., II Aqbeduct. 
Carrol, Hutchings, Southard & Co., 148 E. Main, 

dry goods. 
Carter I. F., 89 Stat«, carpets and furniture. 
Cartter David K., grain buyer and farmer. 
Castle Wilmot & Co., 177 W. Main, mnfrs. aut. 

Cauffman'. Dinkelspiel & Co., 61 N. St. Paul, 

mnfrs. clothing. 
Chace E. B., 45 Warehouse, lumber. 
Chapman, Eugene J., 18 Arcade. B. & O. telegraph. 
Chapin Will K., Rochester Steel Mat Co. 
Chappell, James K., 105 Plymouth av., real estate, 
Chappell, Chase, Maxwell & Co., 131 State, mnfrs. 

coffins and caskets. 
Charlotte Iron Works, G. B. Smith, pres't; A. B. 

Clarke, treas. 
Chase Charles H., 1 E. Park, nurseryman. 
Chase & Co., 5 Aqueduct, millers. 
Chase Brothers Co., 3 E. Park, nurserymen. 
Chase & Otis, 319 S. St. Paul, lumber. 
Churchill Wm. W. & F. L., 31 State, law and real 

Citizens' Gas Co., W. H. Ward, Sec'y. 
Clark Coking and Smokeless Furnace Co. 
Clark E. P. & Co., 107 State, life insurance, 
Cleveland S. D. W., IH E. Main, cigars, etc. 
Cogswell P. J., 26 E. Main, Bradley Fertilizer Co. 
Cohn H. C. & Co., 129 N. St. Paul, men's furnshg. 
Commercial National Bank. 

Cook E. H. Co. (Limited), 31 Mill, steam heating. 
Co-operative Foundry Co., 15 Hill, mnfrs. stoves. 
Copeland & Durgin, 126 Jay, mnfrs. furniture. 
Costello & Harrah, 59 Mill, mnfrs. confectionery. 
Cox P. Shoe Manufacturing Co., 139 Water, mnfrs, 

shoes. 
Cramer J. G. 53 E. Main, mnfrs. paper bags. 
Craig H. H., 84 N. Goodman, lumber. 
Crooks, A. B., 346 E. Main, produce. 
Crosman Brothers, 503 Monroe av., seedsmen. 
Crouch C. T. & Sou, West near Lyell av., lumber. 
Crouch George W. Jr., 170 N. Goodman, lumber. 
Crouch G. W. & F. P., lumber and saw mill. 
Culver J. Z., 53 Arcade, real estate. 
Cunningham, James, Son & Co., 13 Canal, mnfrs. 

carriages and hearses. 
Curtice Bros. Co., canned goods. 
Curtis & Wheeler, 19 Mill, mnfrs. boots and shoes. 



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Cutler Manufacturing Co., 235 E. Main, letter 
chutes. 

Cowles Joseph, 231 Mill, millwright. 

Curtis P. H., 25 Favor, mnfrs. artificial stone. 

Davis J. 't. & Son, millers. 

Davis John A., City Treasurer. 

Dewey Alvin H., 42 Monroe av., drugs. 

Dewey D. M.. pictures and publishers. 

Dewey I. H. Furniture Co., 108 State. 

Dickinson Wm. C, coal. 

Doyle Michael & Co., 30 White, evaporated fruits. 

Drake C. E., 37 Arcade, grain. 

Dumont John E., 140 Powers Block, grocers' 
broker. 

Dun, R. G. & Co., 75 State. 

Danf ord & Knapp, furniture movers. 

Drake H. F., 34 Arcade, coal. 

Eastman Dry Plate & Film Co., 343 State, photo- 
graphers' supplies. 

East Henry R.. 37 Front, meat market. 

Eastwood William, 130 E. Main, boots snd shoes. 

Edison Electric Illuminating Co. (H. L. Brewster, 
Secy.) 

Edgerton H. H., builder. 

Elderkin, Taylor & Co., 138 N. Water, mnfr?. shoes. 

Ellwanger & Barry, 2*<(i Mt. Hope, nurserymen. 

Ellwanger E. S., Chicago Safe & Lock Co. 

Elwood F. W., 25 Elwood Block, lawyer. 

Embry F. W., freight agt. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. 

Empire Moulding Works, 57 Gorham, mnfrs. 
mouldings. 

Engert George & Co., 304 Exchange, coal. 

Ernst Louis & Son, 29 East Main, hardware. _ 

Everest Charles M., 13 Exchange, Vacuum Oil Co. 

Ellsworth & Grant, 278 E. Main, contractors. 

Ernisse W. S., 48 Scio, painters. 

Erie Despatch, Paul A. Rochester, agt. 

Fahy John & Co., 74 State, whol. and ret. dry 
goods. 

Fay Jay & O. W. Dryer, architects. 

Fee Brothers, 21 N. Water, wliol. liquors. 

Feiock B. & Co., 135 E. Main, importers wines, etc. 

Ferguson & Lewis, millers. 

Ferrin Brothers & Co., 187 E. Main, shippers, 
grain, etc. 

Filon M., 6 Washington hall, real estate. 

Firman, Webb & Webb, 12 Smith's Block, insur- 
ance. 

Fleckenst«in Brothers, 88 West av.. steam bakery. 

Foley & Duncan, 366 Plymouth av.. lumber and 
coal. 

French, Palmer & French, coflfee, spices, etc. 

Frost & Co., 16 Frost av., nursery, florists. 

Fuller George R., 40 State, mnfr. artificial limbs. 

Furman C. E. & Co., merchant tailors. 

Galusha N. H., 93 Court, foundry. 

Gardner L. P., 118 Mill, paper, twine, etc. 

Garson D. M. & Co., 32 E. Main, clothing, hats 
and shoes. 

Garson, Kerngood & Co., 112 N. St. Paul, mnfrs. 
clothing. 

Garson, Meyer & Co., 39 N. St. Paul, mnfrs. cloth- 
ing. 

Genesee Brewing Co., 345 N. St. Paul. 

Gerling Brothers, 5 N. Water, millers. 

Gillis .J. W. 195 Exchange, mnfr. mouldinr-s. 

Gleason William, 10 Browns Race, mnfr. machin- 
ist tools. 

Glen Brothers, 20 Rawthnrne, nurserymen. 

Glenny W. PI. & Co. (G. B. Watkins), 190 E. Main, 
crockery, etc. 

Goetzman F. & Co., 160 E. Main, jobbers bonded 
whiskeys. 

Gorton & McCabe, carpets. 

Graham E. O.. 1 East Park, nurseryman. 

Graham J. S. & Co., 266 Lyell av., wood working 
machinery. 

Graves, L. 8. & Son, 30 Center, mnfrs. elevators. 

Greenleaf H. S., 100 Court, mnfr. locks. 

Greenwood John & Co., 224 Mill, barrel machine 
works. 

Gresheimer L. & Co., 106 E. Main, clothing. 

Gutmann Max L., importer watches and jewelry, 
52 N. Clinton. 

HaUenbeck D. W., 144 State, tobacco. 



Hair L. M., Osbum House Block, western mort- 
gages. 

Hamilton & Mathews, 26 Exchange, whol. and 
ret. hardware. 

Ham C. T. Manufacturing Co., 11 Allen. 

Hannan John W. 

Hatch Patent Crimper Co., 92 Andrews, shoe 
counter mnfrs. 

Hathaway & Gordon, 93 N. Water, brewers. 

Hawley F. W., 10 Elwood Block. 

Hayden C. J. & Co., 270 State, mnfrs. furniture. 

Hayden Furniture Co., 112 Exchange, mnfrs. 
furniture. 

Hayes M. D. L., Elwood Block, insurance. 

Hebard Henry S.. 214 S. St. Paul, marble, etc. 

Hess 8. F. & Co.. 57 Exchange, mnfrs. tobacco. 

Higgins E. M.. 10 State, groceries, wines, etc. 

Hinds J. A. & Co.. millers. 

Hollister Brothers, 185 Exchange, lumber. 

Hooker H. E. Co., 100 Park, nurseries. 

Hotchkiss, Frank D., 16 State, insurance. 

Hough & Ford, mnfrs. shoes. 111 Mill. 

Howe ,t Rogers, 80 State, carpets, oil cloths. 

Howe & Bassett, 336 E. Main, plumbers. 

Hughes Francis L., 67 Exchange, toys, etc. 

International Seed Co. (W. P. Andrews, prest.) 
51 Park av. 

Hale George D., private school. 

Hayward E. 8., 201 N. Goodman, farmer. 

Heine Wm. & Co., 196 Caledonia av., bakers. 

Ives John M., 70 N. St. Paul. 

.Jackson & Burleigh, 4 Arcade, booksellers. 

.Tohnson A. .1. & Co., 42 reiffn-, mnfrs. shoes. 

.Judson .Junius A Son. 206 Mill, mnfrs. governors. 

.Jones Wm. H. i^ Sons, contractors. 

Jeffreys L. A., 155 State, undertaker. 

•Johnston James, Powers Block, insurance. 

Kelly J. Miller. 8 E. Main, hats and caps. 

Kelly Lamp Co., 208 Mill, mnfrs. lamps and 
lanterns. 

Kenyon Hat & Fur Co., 140 E. Main. 

Kimball E. B. & Co., 198 Plymouth av., bakers 
and confectioners. 

Kimball Wm. 8. & ('o., 34 Court, mnfrs. cigaretts. 

King Hiram T., 39 Ward, ice. 

Kirley A. J. 

Keeler & Jennings, 27 N. Washington, m frs. 
carriages. 

Kuichling Emil, civil engineer. 

Laney .James & Co., 15 Elm. tinware and rags. 

Langslow, Fowler & Co., 69 8. St. Paul, mnfrs. 
leather chairs, etc. 

Lathrop George W., Elwood Block, tobacco. 

LeClare James F., 38 Vick Park, nurseryman. 

Leiser Fred. M., 70 Mill, clothing. 

Leist Lewis C, 90 E. Main, tobacco. 

Leutchford Arthur, cashier Mechanics' Savings 
Bank. 

Levet & Sweet, 8 State, insurance. 

Levi & Schwarz, 82 N. St. Paul, mnfrs. clothing. 

Likly Henry & Co., 96 State, mnfrs. trunks and 
bags. 

Lincoln S. E., 146 W. Main, agricultural ma- 
chinery. 

Little W. 8.. 407 E. av.. nursery and florist. 

Little & Griffith, Powsrs Block, stenoeraphers. 

Lockhart & Powers, 40 Center, mnfrs. picture 
frames. 

Lovecraft .Joseph & Son. mnfrs. barrel heads. 

Lowenthal Max., 127 N. St. Paul, mnfrs. Knit 
goods. 

McAllaster & Humburch. 22 State, jewellers. 

McCarthy James A., 11 Momford, mnfrs. furni- 
ture. 

McFarlin F. M. & Son, 126 E. Main, clothiDg. 

McLean & Crooks, 346 E. Main, produce. 

McMasterA Brodie, 103 E. Main, paper hangings. 

McOmber 8. A. & Co., 1 East Park, nurserymen. 

Mack & Co., 18 Browns Race, mnfrs. edge tools. 

Mackie H. S. & Co., 100 State, pianos, organs, 
music. 

McPherson Gilbert G.. 68 N. St. Paul. 

Mandeville & King, 160 E. Main, seedsmen. 

Manning Wm. i^ Son, Powers Block, insurance. 

Mann A. S. & Co., 21 State, dry goods. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



Maurer George C, grocer. 

May Brothers, Osburn House Block, nurserymen. 

Merz George F., Browns Kace, miller. 

Meyer ('. C. & Son, Monroe near Culver, boat 
builders. 

Michaels, Stern & Co., 86 N. St. Paul, mnfrs. 
clothing. 

Miller G. B., 63 State, pianos. 

Miller Brewing Co., 190 Lake ave. 

Minges & Shale, 185 E. Main, furniture. 

Moray J. E., Jr., manager and treasurer Morning 
Herald. 

Mogridge John, Plymouth and Spring, grocers. 

Moore & Beir, 77 N. St. Paul, clothing. 

Morris C. E., Powers Block, books and stationery. 

Morse W. B. & Co., 82 West, lumber. 

Mosely & Motley, Browns Kace, millers. 

Mudge A. W., 31 N. Fitzhugh, undertaker. 

Munn & Anstice, 220 N. Water, mnt'rs. hardware 
castings. 

Mutschler M. & Son, 142 E. Main, crockeiy. 

Myers K. M., Exchange, paper. 

Moore John C. 112i N. St. Paul, bookbinder. 

Mumford George E., president Merchants Bank. 

Noyes Milton, 50 W. Main. 

Ocumpaugh Edmund, 72 E. Main, gents furnish- 
ings. 

Otis & Gorsline, 243 Powers Block, sewer pipes. 

Ocorr H. A. & Co., 85 Central av., mnfrs. doors 
and blinds. 

Page George B. & Co., 191 E. Main, mnfrs. har- 
ness. 

Page W. A. & Co., 242 Powers Block, glass and 
iron contractors. 

Palmer's James Sons, E. Main, mnfre. fire works. 

Parsons C. K., (mayor of the cityj. 

Parsons E. B. Malting Co., warehouse. 

Pitkin P. & Son, 179 W. Main, building stone. 

Post Express Printing Co. 

Powers D. W., banker. 

Prentiss Jno. B., 107 State. 

Puffer C. C, 145 Powers Block. 

Radenlmrst, Wm. N., civil engineer. 

Raymond & Ashley, Powers Block, insurance. 

Keed E. P. & Co., 39 S. St. Paul, mnfrs. shoes. 

Reed Eugene P. & Co., 380 Plymouth av., mnfrs. 
glass. 

Reynolds M. F. 

Reynolds & Eddy, 315 State, mnfrs, shoes. 

Reynolds T. J., 46 Arcade, railroad timber and 
ties. 

Rice Brothers, 31 Mill, plumbers. 

Roberts John T., 50 E. Main, confectionery. 

Robinson Arthur, 6 Elwood Block, broker. 

Roby Sidney B., 98 State, iron and carriage hard- 
ware. 

Rochester Savings Bank. 

Rochester Axle Co., N. Goodman. 

Rochester Hosiery Co., 2^2 State. 

Rochester Brewing Co., 38 Cliff. 

Rochester Bridge &, Iron Works, East Rochester. 

Rochester (. ar Wheel Works, Leighton av. 

Rochester Distilling Co., 67 Lake av. 

Rochester Gas Light Co. 

Rochester German Insurance Co. 

Rochester Lime Co. 

Rochester Lithographing & Printing Co., 31 
Aqueduct. 

Rochester Machine Screw Co., 5 Browns Race. 

Rochester Paper Co. 

Rochester Pine and Hard Wood Lumber Co., 133 
West av. 

Rochester Printing Co., pub. Democrat and 
Chronicle. 

Rodell Brothers, 8 State. 

Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. Co. 

Rosenburgs & Blum, 121 N. St. Paul, mnfrs. 
clothing. 

Ross Lewis P., 50 N. St. Paul, mnfr. boots & shoes. 

Ross Lewin George W., 40 State, pai:)er hangings. 

Rothschild, Hays & Co., 84 N. St. Paul, mnfrs. 

clothing. 
Roth Geo. F., (Hilbert Truck Co.) 

Rural Home Co. (limited). 

Schwarz Henry & Co., 62 Mill, mnfrs. clothing. 



Schlicht & Field Co., 114 N. St. Paul, office 
devices. 

Schmidt & Kalbfieisch, 51 E. Main, electric 
supplies. 

Scrantom, Wetmore & Co.. 12 State, books and 
stationery. 

Selj'e D. W., real estate. 

Shantz M. B. & Co., Ill N. Water, mnfrs. buttons. 

Shaw J. Austin, 1 East Park. 

Shetfer Allen K., 107 State, lawyer. 

Sibley, Hiram & Co., 322 E. Main, seedsmen. 

Sibley, Lindsey & Curr, 134 E. Main, whol. and ret. 
dry goods. 

Siddons John, 157 E. Main, galvanized iron work. 

Sill Stove Works, Aqueduct, mnfrs. stoves. 

Sloan Samuel, 24 Exchange, plumber. 

Smith Howard A., Pre.s. Humane Society, 

Smith A. V. Co. (limited), 57 State, mnfrs. har- 
ness. 

Smith J. Moreau. 

Smith John P., Basin, printer. 

Smith W. J., 125 State, mnfr. awnings. 

Smith W. H., 160 E. Main, nurseryman. 

Smith & Herrick, 278 State, mnfrs. shoes. 

bmith Milton H., 75 S. St. Paul, publisher of cards. 

Smith, Perkins & Co., 15 Exchange, whol. grocers. 

Smith & Sherman, Browns Race, millers. 

Spiehler Adolph, 89 E. Main, perfumer. 

Steam Gauge & Lantern Co., 2 Center. 

Stecher Lithographic Co., 336 N. St. Paul. 

Steele & Avery, 46 State, booksellers, .stationers. 

Stein, Block & Co., 57 N. St. Paul, mnfrs. clothing. 

Stein Manufacturing Co., 124 Exchange, mnfrs. 
caskets. 

Stern 1. & Co., 125 N. St. Paul, gents' furnishing. 

Stewart & Baker, mnfrs. sash balance, etc. 

Stone & Campbell, Browns Race, millers. 

Strong, Woodbury & Co., Ill Allen, mnfrs. whips. 

Stuart S. B. & Co., Rochester Savings Bank, coal. 

Taylor Brothers, 14 Hill, mnfrs. thermometers. 

Trotter C. W. & Son. 215 E. Main, furnaces. 

Thompson Alex., 87 Troup. 

Tower L. C, 72 Exchange, mnfr. razor straps. 

Tubbs J. Nelson, chief engineer, water works. 

Union & Advertiser Co. 

Upton Ell M., Charlotte, grain dealer. 

United Gas Improvement Co., 29 State. 

Van De Carr Spice Co., 17 S. Water. 

Van Doom Frank, 24 Exchange, sign painter. 

Van Zandt M. N., 85 E. Main, teas and coffees. 

Vick James, 343 E. av., seedsman. 

Vogt Manufacturing Co., 332 N. St. Paul, uphol- 
stery trimmings. 

Walker Wm. C, 107 State, architect. 

Warner H. H., safe remedies. 

Warren E. K. & Son, 115 Central av., brewers. 

Warren Scharf Asphalt Paving Co., 439 Powers 
Block. 

Weaver & Goss Hardware Co., 53 N. St. Paul, 
wholesale hardware. 

Weaver Thomas & Kirk, 79 S. St, Paul, mnfrs. 
shoes. 

Weaver, Palmer & Richmond, 33 E. Main, whole- 
sale hardware. 

Weber, Shiel, Rosenbanm & Co., mnfrs. clothing. 

Welcher H. E. & Co., 17 Mumford, ladies under- 
wear. 

Weldon George & Co., 119 E. Main, paper hang- 
ings. 

Whalen R. & Co., 194 Mill, mnfrs. tobacco. 

Whitney Warham, 22 (S. Goodman. 

Whitney James W., 126 Brown, grain elevator. 

Whitney & Wilson, Browns Kace, millers. 

'Whitcomb & Downs, Whitcomb House. 

Whitmore, Rauber & Vicinus, 279 S. St. Paul, con- 

Wichman'& Kalhisch, 142 S. St. Paul, merchant 

tailors. 
Wilder Samuel. 

Wile, Brickner & Wile, 106 Mill, mnfrs. clothing. 
Wile, Stern & Co., 116 Mill, mnfrs. clothing. 
Williams & Hoyt, Center, mnfrs. shoes. 
Williams & Rogers, 76 State, business college. 
Williamson & Higbie, 11 Exchange, stationers 

and law publishers. 



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Wiener Henry C, 77 State, crockery. 
Woodbury W. E., 44 E. Main, grocer. 
Woodbury Engine Co., 254 Mill, engines and 

boilers. 
Woodworth C. B. & Sons, 65 W. Main, perfumery 
and paper boxes. 



Wright Alfred. 333 W. av., perfumery. 
Yates A. G., Elwood Block Coal. 
Yawman & Erbe, 344 N. St. Paul, optical instru- 
ments. 
Yerkes & Burgess, 134 Powers Block, brokers. 
Zimmerman M. A., 8B E. Main, confectionery. 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



CONSTITUTION. 



Section 1. 



Abticle I. 
Title. 
This Association shall be known as the " Rochester Chamber of Commerce." 



Abticle II. 
Objects. 
Sec. 2. The objects of this Association shall be to promote, increase and foster the commercial 
and industrial interests of the City of Rochester, to protect her merchants and manufacturers from 
unjust discrimination, to further all matters whicli shall tend to the advancement of their business in- 
terests, and, in general, to augment and preserve the common prosperity and welfare of her citizens. 

Abticle III. 
Membership. 
Sec. 3. Any person, firm or corporation, whose vocation is directly connected with the commerce, 
trade or manufactures of the country, transacting business in the city of Rochester, may become a 
member of the Association as provided in the By-Laws thereof. 

Article] IV. 

Government. 
Sec. 4. The government of the Association shall be vested in a President, three Vice-Presidents, 
Treasurer and thirty Managers, who shall, collectively, constitute and be known as the Board of Man- 
agers. 



BY-LAWS. 

No. 1— Officees. 

Section 1. The officers of the Association shall consist of a President, three Vice-Presidents, a 
Secretary, a Treasurer and thirty Managers, all of whom shall be members of the Association, residents 
of the city of Rochester, and over the age of twenty-one years. 

Sec. 2. The President and Vice-Presidents shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting of the 
Association, and shall hold their offices for the term of one year, or until their successors are elected 
and qualified. 

Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall be elected by the Board of Managers at their first regular meeting each 
year, and shall hold his office for one year, or until his successor is elected and qualified. 

Sec. 4. The Secretary shall be appointed by the Executive Committee, and receive such compen- 
sation as they shall agree upon, and shall serve during the pleasure of that Committee. 

Sec. 5. The Managers shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting, and shall serve for one 
year, or until their successors shall be elected and qualified. 

Sec. 6. The official terms of all officers shall begin on the first day of February. In case of the 
death, resignation or disability of any officer of the Association, it shall be in the power of the Board of 
Managers to fill such vacancies for the remainder of the official term. 

No. 2— Duties of Officers. 

President. 

Section 1. The President shall preside at the meetings of the Association and of the Board of 
Managers. He shall, at the annual meeting of the members of the Association, and at such other times 
as he shall deem proper, communicate to the Association or to the Board of Managers such matters and 
make such suggestions as may in Ids opinion tend to promote the prosperity and welfare, and increase 
the usefulness of the Association. He shall receive all bonds given to the Association, and shall de- 
posit the same with the Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company, and shall also perform such other 
duties as are necessarily incident to the office of President of the Association. 

Vice-Presidents. 

Sec. 2. In the absence of the President the Vice-Presidents, in the order of their seniority, shall 
perform the duties of the President; and in case of the absence of President and Vice-Presidents, the 
Board of Managers shall designate one of its members President pro tern. 



48 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

Secretary. 

Sec. 3. The Secretary, under direction and control of the Board of Managers, shall keep, regularly 
entered in proper books of record, true and accurate minutes of all votes, acts and proceedings of the 
Association, Board of Managers, and Executive Committee; issue all notices that may be required by 
the By-Laws, President or other proper authority, and at the annual meeting report the transactions of 
the Association for tlie previous year. The accounts of the Association shall be kept by the Secretary 
in proper books belonging to the Association, which books shall be at all times open for examination 
by the Board of Managers or any Committee of said Board. He shall take charge of the seal, books, 
papers and property of the Association, attend the rooms of the Association during business hours, and 
shall devote his entire time and attention to the interests of the Association. He shall collect all mon- 
eys due to the Association, giving proper receipt therefor and pay the same over to the Treasurer with- 
out delay. He shall keep a complete list of the names and addresses of all the members of the Associ- 
ation. He shall conduct and keep proper records of all the correspon<lence of the Association; furnish 
the Chairman of each Committee a copy of the resolutions whereby the Committee was appointed, and 
of any matter or matters, together with all papers relating thereto, that may have been referred to such 
Committee. 

Treasurer. 

Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys from the Secretary, giving his receipt therefor, and 
shall disburse the same only upon the written order of the Executive Committee, countersigned by the 
Secretary. He shall carefully preserve all vouchers for the jiayment of money, and securities of every 
kind belonging to the Association. He shall render a report at the annual meeting of the Association, 
which report shall be audited and approved by the Executive Committee before presentation, and shall 
report at such other times as the Board of Managers may direct. He shall give a bond in a penal sum, 
to be fixed by the Board of Managers, for the faithful performance of his duties, such bond to be pro- 
cured from a duly organized Fidelity or Guaranty Company, and paid for by the Association. 

Powers and Duties of the Board of Managers. 

Seo. 5. The Board of Managers shall be vested with the care and management of the affairs of the 
Association, with full power and authority to promote the objects for which it is organized. They shall 
enact such rules as may be deemed expedient for the government of the Association, not inconsistent 
with the terms of the Constitution and existing By-Laws. They shall hold regular meetings on the 
first Monday of each month, at eight o'clock p. m., for the discussion and action upon any subjects 
members may desire to present for the consideration of the Association, and also for the transaction 
of regular business. 

They shall, at their first regular meeting, appoint the Standing Committees for the ensuing year. 
In case any member shall absent himself from three consecutive meetings of the Board, without proper 
cause, his place may be considered vacant, and the Board shall be at liberty to fill such vacancy in the 
manner provided. 

No. 3— Committees. 

Section 1. The Board of Managers shall each year appoint the following Standing Committees 
from the members of the Association; each Committee to consist of thirteen members, including a 
Chairman, who shall be chosen from the Board of Managers, viz.: 

No. 1. On Manufacture and Promotion of Trade. 

No. 2. On Railroads and Transportation. 

No. 3. On Public Improvements. 

No. 4. On Statistics and Publications. 

No. 5. On Legislation. 

No. 6. On Postal Facilities and Insurance. 

Sec. 2. There shall be an Executive Committee, consisting of the President, the three Vice-Presi- 
dents, the Treasurer of the Association and the Chairmen of the Standing Committees. 

No. 4— General Powebs and Duties of Committees. 

Section 1. The Executive Committee shall, subject to the control of the Board of Managers, have 
general control of the rooms, property and finances of the Association. It shall act as the Advisory 
Committee to the Secretary and direct the preparation of the annual report of the Board. It shall 
make all purchases, audit all bills and claims against the Association, and direct their payment if ap- 
proved. It shall ri'iioit, at each regular meeting of tlie Board of Managers, th- state of its finances. 
It shall appoint the Secretary of the Association, and fix the amount of all salaries and compensation 
for services. It shall consider all nominations for membersiiip, and report the same regularly to the 
Board of Managers, and, in general, be charged with the advancement of all the general objects of the 
Association. 

Sec. 2. Excepting as otherwise expressly provided by the Constitution and By-Laws, each Stand- 
ing Committee will liave power to adopt regulations for their own government and procedure; to de- 
clare a vacancy after three successive absences of a member thereof, and to order and arrange for the 
convenient discliarge of thcirdutirs.by correspondence, or thnm^'h iSub-Committees, or otherwise. 
It shall be the duty of every Standing Committee to examine into ami make report upon all matters 
referred to them by the Board of Managers; and any Standing Conunitteo may also consider any ques- 
tions relating to the special work of such Committee and report their viewsupon the same to the Board 
for its consideration. AH (^ommittees shall report all propositions or actions to the Boaid of Mana- 
gers, for its concurrence or dissent, and no Committee shall h;ive jiower to bind the Association to con- 
cur m the action of any such Committee, unless specifically directed so to do. 

No. P,— Membership and Dues. 

Section 1. All applications for membership of the Association must be made in writing, contain 
a statement of the occupation and qualifications of the applicant, and be addressed to the Executive 
Committee for consideration. If the Executive Committei' approve the application they shall report 
the same to the Board of Managers for election at any regular meeting. If the applicant shall be de- 
clared elected, and within thirty days after being informed of such election shall pay to the Secretary 
of the Association the regular dues and sign the Constitution and By-Laws, such applicant shall there- 
upon become a member of this Association, and receive a certificate of membership. 



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Sec. 2. Any member of this Association may be expelled by a majority vote of all the mem bers of 
the Board of Managers, provided that the Executive Committee shall recommend such expulsion. 

Sec. 3. Any member in good standing, and not being in arrears to the Association, may withdraw 
upon filing with the Secretary a written notice of his intention. 

Sec. 4. Each membership shall be entitled to but one vote, but no member in arrears for dues shall 
he entitled to vote. 

Sec. .^. -The annual dues of the Association shall be twenty dollars, payable to the Secretary on the 
first day of January in each year, and all members failing 1o pay the same within three months from 
the date on which they are due shall be deemed to have relinquished their membership, and the same 
shall be forfeited, and such parties shall thereafter be admitted only as new applicants. 

No. 6— Meetings and Quorum. 

Section 1. The annual meetingand election of the Association shall be held on the first Mondayin 
December in each year, at 8 o'clock in the evening, at such place as the Board of Managers may desig- 
nate. Notice of the time and place of such meeting and election shall be given by publication of the 
same in one or more of the dailv newspapers of the city of Rochester, and posted on the bulletin in the 
rooms of the Association for at least ten days previous to said meeting and election. 

Sec. 2. The Association shall hold regular meetings on the second Monday of each month, except- 
ing January, July, August and September, at eight o'clock p. m., for the consideration of such subject 
matter as may be directed by the Board of Managers, and no business other than that named for saia 
meeting shall be entertained, even though unanimous consent be had. 

Sec. 3. Special meetings of the Association may be called at any time upon the request in writing 
of the President, Executive Committee, or twenty-five members of the Association, addressed to the 
Board of Managers and specifying the purpose thereof, provided said Board in session shall approve 
of such call bv a majority present and voting. Notice of such special meeting shall be given by mail- 
ing a copy of the same to each member of the Association at least two days previous to said meeting, 
which notice shall state the specific object for which the meeting is called; and no business shall be 
considered or transacted at any such special meeting other than that named in the call therefor. 

Sec. 4. The Board of Managers shall hold regular meetings on the first Monday of each month, at 
eight o'clock p. m., for the transaction of regular business. 

Sec. 5. Special meetings of the Board of Managers may be convened at any time by order of the 
President or Executive Committee, or upon the written requestof ten members of the Board addressed 
to the Secretarv, and upon such order being issued, or written request made, it shall be the duty of the 
Secretary to call such meeting, provided that one day's notice by mail of the time and object of the 
meeting shall have been given to each member of said Board, and also provided that no other business 
except that designated in such call and notice shall be acted upon. 

Sec. 6. "Whenever the day fixed for holding any stated meeting of the Association or Board of Man- 
agers shall fall upon a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the day following. 

Sec. 7. Thirty members of the Association shall constitute a quorum at any regular or special 
meeting thereof. Twelve members of the Board of Managers, five members of the Executive Commit- 
tee, and five members of each Standing Committee shall constitute a quorum of each respectively. 

No. 7— Obder of Business. 

Section 1. At all regular meetings of the Association or Board of Managers the order of business 
shall be as follows: 

1. Roll Call. 

2. Reading of Minutes. 

3. (At Annual Meeting Only) Reading of Constitution and By-Laws. 

4. Reading of Communications. 

5. Report of Standing Committees. 

6. Report of Special Committees. 

7. Official Reports. 

8. Unfinished Business. 

9. Election of Members. 

10. Election of Officers. 

11. Miscellaneous Business. 

This regular order of business may at any meeting be temporarily suspended by a vote of two- 
thirds of the members present. 

Sec. 2. In all cases involving points of Parliamentary Law not provided for by the Constitution 
and By-Laws, Roberts' Rules of Order shall be accepted as authority. 

No. 8— Seal. 

Section 1. This Association shall have a Seal with suitable device, containing thereon the name 
and date of the formation of the Association, which shall be in charge of the Secretary, and shall be 
affixed by him only to certificates of membership, unless otherwise instructed to affix the same by or- 
der of the Board of Managers. 

No. 9— Liability. 

Section 1. No officer, committee or member of this Association or other person shall contract or 
incur any debt on behalf of the Association, or in any way render it liable, unless authorized by the 
Board of Managers or Executive Committee. 

No. 10— Amendments. 

Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or added to by the affirmative vot« of at least 
a majority of the members voting at any meeting of the Association, in the call for which notice of the 
proposed change shall be given; provided that any such alteration, amendment or addition in specific 
form shall have been first approved by a majority of the Board of M.inagers at a meeting of said Board. 



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>^lf)«is ^<J«\!iC\M^^1?>fcT- "^1 





VIEWS AT CHARLOTTE BEACH. 
(By le.-mission of the Editor of the Municipal Manual). 



ROCHESXERS W^TER SUPELY. 



HEMLOCK LAKE— HOLLY WATER WORKS— TWO SYSTEMS IN 
ONE— AN ABUNDANCEOF PURE WATER UNDER POWER- 
FUL PRESSURE FOR MANUFACTURING, FIRE EXTIN- 
GUISHMENT AND DOMESTIC PURPOSES. 



PREVIOUS to 18'72 the citizens of Rochester were entirely dependent 
upon wells, cisterns and private pumping from the river for their sup- 
plies of water, notwithstanding several previous suggestions of water- 
works — one as early as 1838, when Elisha Johnson, then Mayor, published 
a pamphlet setting forth the practicability of constructing a reservoir on 
elevated ground, to be filled by pumping from the Genesee. No action 
was taken, however, and the subject remained in abeyance until 1860, 
when at the instance of the Council the City Engineer investigated, mapped, 
planned and made a comprehensive report to the municipal legislature 
in which he compared the advantages, accessibility and cost of several 
sources of supply, among them Lake Ontario, Hemlock lake, Conesus lake, 
Heneoye outlet, the river, and certain of its tributaries. The report ex- 
pressed a decidedly favorable opinion of the waters, surroundings, lofty 
situation and auxiliary attractions of Hemlock lake, thirty miles southward, 
but it was not until 1872 that any decided action was taken looking to a 
solution of Rochester's water problem. In the year last named a commis- 
sion of five was appointed under a special act of the Legislature with 
authority to provide the city with an adequate water ^system, the popula- 
tion having by that time increased to some 70,000 souls. Referring to this 
subject, Mr. Thomas J, Neville writes in the Union and Advertiser : 

"As the first step in this most important enterprise the source of supply 
was to be selected, and to this end a careful examination of all former 
projects in this direction was made, the choice narrowing down to the two 
great natural reservoirs. Lake Ontario and Hemlock lake. Seven miles 
north of the city, or from Lake Ontario, the water would have to be pumped 
or forced by artificial means to a height of 444 feet to supply the city, 
while from Hemlock, thirty miles to the south, the water would flow by 
the law of gravitation from its great basin, cradled in the hills 388 feet 
above the city's level, into the home of every inhabitant. The relative 
purity of the respective waters, considerations of first cost and future ex- 
penditures, engineering obstacles and general feasibility of plan, deter- 



52 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

mined the selection in favor of Hemlock lake. This beautiful sheet of 
water has a length of six and one-half miles, a width of nearly three-quar- 
ters of a mile, and an average depth of sixty-five feet. Its surface covers 
y,000 acres and is 900 feet above tide-water, and a precipitous range of 
hills which border its shores affords a drainage area of 2Y,554 acres. The 
lake rests above the limestone formation in a basin of marcellus shale, 
from the springs of which the suj^ply of water is in great part obtained. 
The shaly shores are narrow and fall away rapidly to great depths, while 
on either side rise the steep hills covered with primitive forests, which 
must remain for all time undisturbed because of the impossibility of their 
cultivation. The surface and borders of the lake are protected from pollu- 
tion, and aquatic vegetation or other natural impurities are almost un- 
known. From this great reservoir is conveyed the water through a con- 
duit sunk thirty feet below its surface to an artificial storage basin cover- 
ing an area of twenty-seven acres, situated eight miles from the city and 
245 feet above its level, and holding within its boundaries 18,000,000 gal- 
lons of water. The reservoir from which the water is distributed to the 
city is located within the southern boundary of the corporation, about one 
and a-half miles from its center, having an area of sixteen and a-half acres 
of land, on the summit of a hill 127 feet above the level of the city, with a 
capacity of 35,000,000 gallons of water. In the center of this artificial 
lake is placed a fountain, constructed of masonry, at the top of which are 
twenty-one two-inch and one six-inch adjustable orifices, from which the 
water is forced to a height of sixty feet, falling in mist-like form, aerated 
and purified, into the reservoir basin, from which it flows into the city. 
Two iron conduits leave this reservoir and enter the city, one on each side 
of the Genesee river, and through 176 miles of pipe about 120,000 of peo- 
ple in this prosperous community of about 130,000 souls are supplied with 
pure and wholesome water. The total capacity of the water-works is esti- 
mated at nine million gallons per day. The average daily consumption 
at present is four and a-half million gallons. 

" In conjunction with the gravity system of water supply there is also 
what is known as the Holly system, so designated after the inventor of the 
pumping machinery by which it is operated. This system is designed 
chiefly for the suppression of fires in the center or business portion of the 
city, and its source of supply is the Genesee river. It is utilized also for 
power in the running of elevators, and from such uses a liberal revenue is 
derived. About thirteen miles of Holly water mains are now laid, and, 
with the gravity pressure of the auxiliary lake system, the impetus de- 
veloped is sufiicient to force streams direct from the nozzles of the hydrants 
in such volume and foi'ce as to effectually aid in the extinguishment of 
large fires. Since the existence of our water-works system the fire depart- 
ment has successfully controlled and suppressed every fire without the aid 
of fire engines, and yet maintain the loss of property at a minimum ; the 
consequence has been the reduction of insurance rates to an amount aggre- 
gating many thousands of dollars every year. " 

Connected with the water-works, and in use now, are 1,700 fire hydrants, 
1,538 water meters, and 19,347 services, supplying from the mains the 
business houses and homes of our citizens with a water whose purity is 
thus attested by Prof. A. R. Leeds, of Stevens' Institute of Technology, 
New Jersey, before the New England Water Association, in 1887: "It 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 53 

seems to me astonishing that at the present time, so far as I know, only two 
large cities in the country have water of unexceptionable quality. These I 
believe to be Brooklyn and Rochester." Neither Washington, Baltimore, 
Philadelphia, New York or Boston supply water of equal purity, and it 
may be said with just pride, and without fear of successful contradiction, 
that no European and few American cities equal, and none excel for gen- 
eral domestic uses the water that flows from Hemlock lake. 

A party of engineers have been for some time engaged in locating a 
route for a new conduit for an additional supply of water for household 
purposes to the city from Hemlock lake. The general plan of the work is: 
First — The erection of a pumping engine on the shore of Hemlock lake, 
which may take its suction fi'om the supply well which furnishes the j^res- 
ent conduit. To pump the water about three and three quarter miles to 
a summit about 90 feet above the lake into a small reservoir, from which 
the water will flow into the present Rush reservoir by gravity with an 
average grade of eighteen feet per mile. Second — From Rush reservoir 
an additional conduit will be laid to the city and an additional reservoir 
constructed on the same level as the present Mt. Hope reservoir, but at a 
different location and at a considerable distance therefrom. Additional 
provisions will be made for connecting the systems of mains on each side 
of the river by several pipes crossing the river at convenient locations. 

THE GENESEE AND ITS BRIDGES. 

At no other spot in America can so peculiar a scene be found as is pre- 
sented by the Genesee river at Rochester. Numerous bridges span the 
stream, connecting the eastern and western sections of the city, and the 
most remarkable of these is that which carries Main street on solid masonry 
across the foaming torrent, the bridge itself forming a solid and enduring 
roadway, broad, smooth, provided with ample sidewalks, and built up on 
both sides for its entire length with tall and spacious factories and mer- 
cantile structures, the arches that form their foundations finding a support 
in the living rock that forms the river bed.' A short distance above is the 
aqueduct of the Erie canal, and still further south the court-street bridge, 
from the center of which, looking north, says a local annalist, " the scene 
is not only picturesque, but pregnant with a quaintness more suggestive of 
some old world city than an almost brand new American municipality. 
The ponderous aqueduct that crosses the stream before you, a few hund- 
red feet down the river, which here makes a rapid descent along shelving 
rocks, revives, by its solid stone masonry and graceful arches, recollections 
of old-time bridges over more classic rivers than the Genesee; and, when 
still a little further down, the water disappears altogether under the Main 
street bridge, the vision is suddenly arrested, a sense of surprise such as a 
man might feel who walks in darkness against a blank wall affects one, 
while the general appearance of the structures that skirt or cross the river 
is such as to produce an impression of foreignness, enhanced by the towers 
and temples that rise yet further down." 



54 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 




THREE LEADING HOSTELKIES. 
(By permission of the Editor of the Municipal Manual.) 



FINE BUILDINGS. 



A FEW OF THE ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTIES of ROCHESTER 
—BUILDING PROGRESS IN RECENT YEARS. 



In a previous chapter we have refei'red to the church societies, of which 
there are nearly eighty. A number of these own magnificent houses of 
worship, and several more are in course of construction or in contemplation. 
Buildings of a public and serai-public character and of superb design and 
proportions, meet the eye at every turn, while in the matter of elegant 
residences probably no inland city makes a better showing. Nor is this 
all, for the homes of the working classes are invariably neat, comfortable 
and roomy, comprising for the most part attractive cottages, each with its 
grass plot, flower beds, and, quite frequently, a fine kitchen garden at the 
rear. It is evident that the bread-winners and wealth-producers of the 
Flower City are more than ordinarily well situated and have no wish to 
exchange their surroundings for the tenement-houses of Eastern manu- 
facturing centers. 

Business in the building trades has been remarkably active for several 
years past — as, in fact, it has in all legitimate industries. As a result, 
splendid new structures have arisen as by magic in all parts of the city, 
while the boom continues and the outlook is for still greater expansion out- 
ward in the corporate limits and upward in the altitude of the edifices 
under way or designed. A reliable authority states that one thousand 
residences of all classes and about seventy-five business blocks of varying 
pretensions were erected during 1885, among them the Woodbury block, 
Mortimer and St. Paul streets, of brick, 66 feet front, 152 feet deep, five 
stories; Nathan Levi's two fine five-story brick blocks at St. Paul and 
Pleasant streets, one 56 feet front, 110 feet deep, the other 75 feet front, 90 
feet deep; six-story brick block, 75x90 feet, for J. Tichnor, St. Paul and 
Andrews streets; five-story brick, 75x90, adjoining, for Rev. Dr. Sproul; 
five costly business structures on Main street, among them the handsome 
Glenny building, Nos. 190 to 194 East Main, six stories, Romanesque style, 
Carlyle stone front, 33 by 160 feet; the East Side Savings Bank, East Main 
and Clinton streets, brick, cut stone trimmings, three stories and basement, 
40 by 90 feet; the Kirley building, Main near St. Paul, 36 by 160 feet; the 
Weis building, six stories, 18 by 60 feet, and the Hill building, five stories, 
20 by 90 feet, with 19 by 40 foot L in rear — both on Main, near the famous 
" Four Corners ;" the American Express Company's oflice building, five 



56 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

stories, 33 by 107 feet, State street; the Bishop building, Fitzhugh and 
Allen streets, brick, stone trimmings, 66 by 160 feet; E. K. Warren's and 
T. J. Enright's ale breweries on Mill street, the former of brick, five stories, 
32 by 90 feet, the latter of stone, 60 by 90 feet; extension of new Osburn 
House, five stories, 50 by 90 feet, and many of less note. The East Side 
Savings Bank directors followed up their first improvement in 1886 with 
the fine five-story and basement business block adjoining, 24 by 90 
feet. Reynolds and Eddy's beautiful five-story brick, 60 by 130 feet, 
at Main and Piatt streets, was also erected in 1886, as were Adler's and 
Nathan Levi's six-story blocks, and O'Connor's four-story hotel, all on North 
St. Paul street; Gutraan's four-story block; the Genesee Brewing Company's 
seven-story malt-house, 66 by 166 feet; the great works of the Rochester 
Car-Wheel Company; the Reynolds laboratory on the University grounds 
(illustrated on page 12); and other fine buildings in all quarters of the city. 
Rochester's red-letter year for great mercantile, manufacturing and 
public buildings, however, so far, was 1887, during which, it is stated, no 
less than seventy of these, on a scale of grandeur hitherto unattempted 
save in the leading commercial centers, were erected, finished and imme- 
diately occupied by eager tenants, while no less than 2,000 private dwel- 
lings of all classes were added to the city's general growth, providing 
homes for many thousands of new residents. The tallest and one of the 
most valuable of 1887's buildings was that erected by Samuel Wilder, at 
Main and Exchange streets, 62 by 106 feet, eleven stories, basement and 
cellar. The material employed is brick, trimmed in red Albion stone, both 
fronts, and particularly the principal entrance on Main street, highly ornate, 
the entire structure fire-proof, fitted with both gas and electric light, water, 
hydraulic elevators and the latest improvements in sanitary plumbing, and 
heated by steam. The ground floor is occupied as stores, while the nine 
floors above are divided into oflices, of which there are 176 in all. Of the 
other improvements of last year the second in point of height is the German 
Insurance building, corner of Main street and Irving place, 31 feet on the 
former, 86 feet on the latter, ten stories and basement, the two lower stories 
of cut stone elaborately wrought. The interior arrangement and finish is 
of an order commensurate with the outward appearance. The Ellwanger 
& Barry business block, State street, is of eight stories, 75 feet front, 150 
feet deep, of bi'ick and iron with Scotch redstone front, and fire-proof 
throughout, heated with steam, provided with elevators, halls wainscoted 
in marble, the ground floor divided into stores and the remainder of the 
structure into oflices of various sizes, some of them en suite. The Trust 
building of the Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company, six stories; 
the seven-story business house of R. M. Myers, and the Hotel Macomber, 
also of seven stories, occupy the former site of the Clinton Hotel, on 
Exchange street. The first named is 32 feet front, the second 25 feet, the 
last 441 feet on Exchange and 165 feet on Irving place, which is the depth 
of the adjoining buildings. All of these are handsome outwardly and 
commodious and perfectly arranged within. Nor were the manufacturers 
idle in any sense during the year, as is shown by the subjoined list, which 
takes no account of hundreds of small shops and improvements of minor 
importance: Co-operative Foundry Company's. new shops at Lincoln park, 
brick, four stories, 300 by 80 feet, and two ells, one 80 by 110 feet and the 
other 80 by 70 feet; Bausch & Lorab's new factory on North St. Paul 



1 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 57 

street, brick, five stories, main building 32 by 100 feet, wing 34 by 40 feet, 
one story engine house 30 by 65 feet, additional story put on the old factory; 
S. F. Hess, five-story brick addition to factory on Exchange street, 70 by 
45 feet; Stein Manufacturing Company, six-story brick building on Ex- 
change street, 57 by 122 feet; Bartholomay Brewing Company, handsome 
new office and refrigerator house; Rochester Brewing Company, three- 
story brick addition, 48 by 90 feet and machinery room 40 by 100 feet. 

Of the sacred edifices erected during 1887 one of the most conspicuous 
is the German Roman Catholic Church of St. Boniface, on Grand street, 
in the early Gothic style; seating capacity, 1,000; spire 195 feet in height. 
A handsome church addition in the same year was the Calvary Presbyte- 
rian Church on South avenue, a brick structure 65 by 50 feet. One com- 
modious and well arranged two-story brick school building, 160 by 160 feet. 
No, 14, was erected on Scio street during the year. Extensive additions were 
made to two other schools. No. 22 on St. Joseph street and No. 20 on Oak- 
man street. A four-story brick addition, 60 by 100 feet, was made to St. 
Patrick's parochial school, the new building containing a parish hall and 
music, reading and billiard rooms, with a bowling alley and gymnasium 
for the young people. Work was started on the new Home of Industry 
building on East Main street, a four-story brick structure, 45 by 85 feet. 
This year's buildings also include a four-story brick addition to the State 
Industrial school. Before leaving the building boom of '87 it may be 
mentioned that the records of the City Executive Board indicate that 1,316 
buildings were put up during the year, while 850 were put up in the pre- 
ceding year. As these figures are based on applications for water, they are 
necessarily lower than complete returns would make them. 

Of the outlook for 1888 the Union and Advei'tiser says: At least five 
churches will be built. The congregation of the North Presbyterian 
Church will erect a magnificent new structure on the site of the present 
church, corner of Fulton avenue and Locust street. The new building will 
be of stone and will be 66 by 74 feet in dimensions. The architecture will 
be Romanesque with modern embellishments. The interior will be arranged 
in amphitheatrical form. Both inside and outside the church will be neat 
and tasteful. A new church will be built on the site of the Alexander 
street Methodist Episcopal church's old building. This structure will be 
of brick with sandstone trimmings, and will seat 1,400 persons. The 
Second Reformed church has let the contract for a new edifice at the corner 
of Central avenue and Scio streets. Two Catholic churches will be erected 
— St. Michael's new church on Clinton street, which will be a large struc- 
ture 177 by 92 feet, and a church of the new parish of Corpus Christi, on 
East Main street. 

Does anybody ask if the " boom " will continue or has it reached the 
zenith? The answer is found in the fact that Rochester's growth is not 
flickering and uncertain, but is steady and assured. Already plans have 
been drawn for many splendid buildings to go up during the season now 
opened. Stein, Block & Co. will add a substantial six-story building, 66 
by 207 feet, to North St. Paul street. The first two stories will be of stone 
and the remainder of Philadelphia pressed brick with terra-cotta trimmings. 
Palmer brothers will build a four-story brick block, 60 by 85 feet in dimen- 
sions, at the corner of East Main and Gibbs streets. A new four-story 
brick block, trimmed with stone and terra-cotta, will be put up on State 



58 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 




THE NEW WIIiDEB BUILDING. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 59 

street, near the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg depot, by Cornelius Mc- 
Donald. 

Work is progressing on the new Lyceum theater on South Clinton street, 
which will be a commodious, attractive and modern place of amusement, 
such as is rarely found outside of metropolitan cities. 

The Young Men's Christian Association will put up a new building, 
over $72,000 having already been raised for that purpose. The sura of 
$18,107.60 has been subscribed for the new Catholic diocesan seminary, 
besides the donation of the site, and the seminary will doubtless be an 
accomplishment of the near future. The workingmen's organizations have 
also raised a considerable amount of cash which is to be used in the erec- 
tion of a building containing halls, reading rooms, etc. Many other build- 
ing projects now talked of may be expected to assume a tangible shape 
during the season. 

A noticeable fact is, that although the amount of building going on 
has been unusually large for several years past, it has not been confined to 
a single section of the city. New tracts are constantly being opened up in 
every direction. As is proper, sewers and water mains are the pioneers, 
preceding the building of houses on new streets. As a rule the houses 
recently erected have been of a better class than formerly. Money has 
been easy to obtain and buildings can be put up very cheaply, as construc- 
tion is now reduced to a science, and much of the preparatory work is done 
by machinery in shops. 

The State Industrial Schoolfor Juvenile Delinquents comprises several 
of the finest buildings in Western New York. The farm, on a portion of 
which these buildings are located, contains forty-two acres, and the grounds 
around the institution are tastefully laid out into walks, play-grounds and 
lawns, furnished with seats and ornamented with trees, shrubbery and 
flowers. The center building of the male department is four stories high 
with a basement, and 86 feet wide by 60 feet deep. Four wings are three 
stories above the basement, with additional stories at the extremities, and 
are 148 by 32 feet in dimension. The whole front of the building measures 
382 feet. The hospital, two-stories high with a basement, is 33 by 41 feet. 
There are two work-shops, each 45 by 100 and three stories high. There 
are also in separate buildings a dining-room for the superintendents and 
oflScers, a large kitchen, bakery, engine-house, etc. There is a foundry 30 
by 50 feet, besides a blacksmith shop, bricklayers' and plasterers' shop, a 
carpenter and a joinery, and a wood turning and pattern-making shop. The 
boy's graduating department is a large and handsome four-story structure, 
containing a reception-room, parlor, lecture-room, school-rooms, sleeping- 
rooms, recitation-rooms, kitchen and dining-rooms. The female depart- 
ment, when the re-building necessitated by last year's fire is completed, 
will be one of the most substantial buildings of the institution. The build- 
ing for small girls, which was not touched by the flames, is composed of a 
main portion four stories high, 42 by 54 feet, and two wings, each 40 by 
80 feet and three stories high. 

The City Hall, containing the city offices, is a building of which any 
city of the size of Rochester might be proud, cost $337,000. The building 
is of stone and is four stories high, located on the bank of the Erie canal, 
with Fitzhugh street and Irving place bounding it on two sides. The old 
County Court house stands in front of it, the square between the two build- 
ings showing a well-kept lawn, adorned with flower beds in summer. 



60 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

The Monroe County Almshouse, on South avenue, is built of brick, 
with partitions of the same material and cornices of iron, making the 
structure nearly fire-proof. The main building is three stories high and 
has a frontage of 188 feet. There are two wings, each 48 by 188 feet and 
a third wing G8 by 30 feet. Two county buildings, both at the south end 
of the city, may be mentioned — the penitentiary, the main part of which 
is four stories high, and the Insane Asylum, the main portion of which, 
put up in 1872, cost $18,000, and to which a commodious structure has since 
been added. 

The University of Rochester includes several costly buildings (illus- 
trated in this work), admirably suited to the purposes for which they were 
designed. Anderson Hall, named in honor of the revered head of the 
institution. Dr. Anderson, is a plain and substantial brown stone building, 
three stories high, with basement. The main portion of the building is 
150 by 60 feet, and there are center projections fifteen feet square at both 
front and rear. To put up the structure to-day would cost about I'ZojOOO. 
Sibley Hall, built by the generosity of a Rochesterian, Mr. Hiram Sibley, 
is 125 by 60 feet in dimensions with a projection extending twenty feet in 
front. The building was erected with two floors, but high enough for 
four stories. A free reading library is in this hall. The building cost 
over $100,000. The President's mansion is in harmony with the other 
buildings, and the new Reynolds laboratory is described elsewhere. 

The buildings of the Rochester Theological Seminary include Trevor 
hall, containing the dormitories, which cost $42,000 ; a gymnasium build- 
ing, which cost 112,000 ; Rockefeller hall, containing a fire-proof library 
room, lecture rooms, museum and chapel, and which cost |38,000 ; and 
the home for German students, which was bought for $20,000. 

Wagner Memorial Lutheran College, on Oregon street, is a three- 
story building, 36 by 90 feet, with a four-story tower. The location on 
Oregon street is a pleasant one. 

The Free Academy building on Fitzhugh street has none of the dull- 
ness w^iich seems to cling to some school buildings, but is, instead, an 
attractive modern structure. It is built in the French Gothic style, with 
pavilions on either side terminating in turrets. Thei e is a French roof. 
The trimmings and window caps are of Ohio and Gainesville stone. The 
building is 83 feet front by 130 feet deep, four stories, with a basement. 
There are seven entrances — three in front and two on each side. 

When the City Hospital was dedicated, in 1864, it was a four-story 
brick building, 50 by 60 feet. In 1866 an east wing was completed, three 
stories with basement, 80 feet long with a transept 40 by 25 feet. Since 
then a Mansard roof has been added, also a large west wing and a chil- 
dren's pavilion, where the little ones may have the best of care and treatment. 
St. Mary's Hospital is a mammoth institution. The whole building, 
on W^est avenue, is from four to four and a half stories high and is con- 
structed of Medina stone, 

In 1843-44 the central building of the Rochester Orphan Asylum was 
on Hubbel park. An east wing was made at an expense of $10,000. In 
IS'JS a west wing was built, and afterwards the main building Avas enlarged. 
The donation of the Potter Memorial building, which cost $10,000, added 
greatly to the accommodations of the institution, so at present the asylum 
is domiciled in a manner creditable to the community. 



62 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

The Industrial School on Exchange street is a plain but'Jneat-looking 
four- story brick building. 

The Church Home on Mt. Hope avenue for Episcopal children and 
aged ladies, cost $15,000. 

St. Patrick's Boys' Orphan Asylum is a large, three-story brick 
building on Frank ^ street, and St. Joseph's Asylum is a splendid new- 
building of four stories with basement, on Andrews street. 

The Jewish Orphan Asylum on North St. Paul street is a two-and-a- 
half-story structure, remodeled and furnished at an expense of $15,000. 

The buildings of the Deaf Mute Institute, on the east bank of the 
river, facing North St. Paul street, are charmingly located. There are 
three large structures, containing school rooms, kindergarten, and living 
rooms for the inmates. 

In 1885 the old county jail on the river bank was torn down and a 
new fire-proof brick structure, with tasteful stone trimmings, built on Ex- 
change street. The sheriif' s residence in the new building is of brick, 57 
feet front and 97 feet deep. Here are the office and the parlors, dining- 
room, kitchen and sleeping apartments of the sheriff's family. These 
apartments take up the front half of the first and second floors of the 
building. On the third floor of the building is a wide hall, on one side of 
which are four strong rooms for female prisoners and on the other side 
three strong rooms for condemned prisoners, with rooms for attendants. 
There is one large room on one side of the hall on the fourth floor and on 
the other side four double cells for boys, with rooms for witnesses and at- 
tendants. Laundry, store-rooms and fuel rooms are in the basement. The 
jail proper, in the rear of the sheriff's residence, is one large room 32 feet 
high and lighted by a skylight. There are three tiers of seventeen cells, 
making fifty-one cells in all, and there is room near the roof for another 
tier. Each cell is 5 by 8 feet, and is supplied with such furniture as is 
deemed proper, an iron bedstead, basin and closet. The heating boiler is 
in the basement. Heat is furnished by steam, and the building is admir- 
ably ventilated. 

WARNER ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY. 

The picture upon page 61 represents the Warner Astronomical Observa- 
tory, founded, built and endowed by H. H. Warner, Esq., of Rochester. 
This magnificent building is located on the corner of Arnold Park and 
East avenue. It is built of Lockport white sandstone, and is one of the 
most notable buildings in the city, and is distinctively a private institution, 
built for the purposes ot original discovery. It stands about one-third of 
a mile south of the University of Rochester, and one and one-half miles 
southeast of the Court-house. Its horizon is nearly unobstructed in every 
directi6n, from some points views forty miles distant being had. The 
tower is circular in form, with a diameter of thirty-one feet outside 
measurement. Its revolving dome is, of course, of the same diameter. 
This dome, weighing three tons, in the matter of economy of construction, 
lightness, ease of revolution, and in the simplicity of the device of rotat- 
ing, has no superior. The pier is twenty feet in diameter at the base, taper- 
ing to nine feet at the floor of the dome-room. The telescope was made 
by AlvanClark&Sons, of Cambridgeport, Mass.; focal length, 22 feet; aper- 
ture of object-glass, sixteen inches. The tube is made of steel, is fourteen 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 63 

inches in diameter at the eye end, and eighteen inches at the middle and 
object end. Besides the telescope, there is a fine micrometer, a comet- 
seeker, a driving clock, an automatic right ascension circle, sidereal clock, 
and a spectroscope (donated by Mr. Hiram Sibley of Rochester) connected 
with the observatory. 

Dr. Lewis Swift is the directoh When, in 1879, the Academy of 
Sciences of Vienna, Austria, ceased giving prizes for astronomical discovery, 
Mr. Warner offered, in 1881, a prize of two hundred dollars in gold for every 
unexpected comet discovered in the United States or Canada. Under that 
prize, which has been continued with varying conditions from year to year, 
about four thousand dollars has been awarded for cometary and other 
astronomical discoveries. In 1886 a magnificent gold medal was struck off 
for prizes of the "Red Sky-glow" essays. Since the completion of the 
Warner Observatory over seven hundred nebulae have been discovered 
and mapped out by Dr. Lewis Swift and his son Edward, the discovery of 
new nebulffi being the particular field in which the observatory excels. It 
is the finest private observatory in the world. Access is had freely there- 
to on Tuesday and Friday nights of each week, admission being by tickets, 
which are obtained at H. H. Warner & Co.'s laboratory, on North St. Paul 
street. On other nights of the week, except Wednesdays and Sundays, a 
small admission fee is charged. On Wednesdays and Sundays the observ- 
atory is closed to all comers. 

In 1887 was issued the first "History and Work of the Warner Observ- 
atory." This book covered the period from 1883 to 1886. It contains the 
boss prize essay on "Comets, Their Composition, Purpose, and Effect Upon 
the Earth", a catalogue of the nebulae discovered by Dr. Swift and Edward 
Swift, and the "Red Light" Essays of Prof. Kiessling of Hamburg, Ger- 
many ; James Edmund Clarke, of York, England ; Henry C. Maine, 
Rochester, N. Y., and Rev. Sereno E. Bishop, of Honolulu, Hawaiian 
Islands, who were successful competitors for the prizes given by Mr. 
Warner. The money for the purchase of the telescope was raised by popu- 
lar subscription in Rochester, Mr. Warner having promised Dr. Swift in 
1878 that if he would get a proper telescope for astronomical purposes he 
would furnish him a place wherein to work it. 

NEW POST OFFICE AND GOVERNMENT BUILDING. 

Work on the foundations was commenced in April, 1885. The original 
Congressional appropriation was for $300,000. After its commencement 
work was continued until the summer of 1886 and the second story was 
reached, when it was suspended, the plans modified, and the part already 
built torn down and replaced by the present structure. At this time 
(1886) an additional appropriation of |200,000 was made, making the total 
appi'opriation |500,000. The building, when completed, will be of four 
stories, 130 feet square; height of tower from base to apex 140 feet; main 
building proper, 90 feet in height from foundation to peak, constructed of 
Connecticut undressed brown stone from the Middlesex quarries. The 
interior will be finished in the latest and most approved style. The base- 
ment will be converted into storage rooms, wash and toilet rooms, and 
will contain the engine and boiler for steam heating. The first floor con- 
tains two entrances — one on Church street and one on Fitzhugh street. 
The Fitzhugh street entrance will be 9 feet wide and 18 feet high ; the 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



Church street or main entrance 18 feet wide and 18 feet high. This floor, 
intended exclusively for postoflice purposes, will be divided into depart- 
ments, general delivery, money order, and registered letter. The wains- 
coting of this floor will be of marble, with marble floors. 

Three fire-proof vaults will be used — one for general postoflice and 
postmaster, one for registered letter department, and one for money order 
department. Private oflices for postmaster, assistant postmaster and super- 
intendent of city delivery department will be provided. The central por- 
tion of the postoffice will be lighted by a large skylight, 32x58 feet in the 
center of the ceiling; the upper floors surrounding the skylight will be in 
the form of a colonnade, roofed over by another skylight in the roof. 
This floor will also have two stairways on the Fitzhugh street side, and 
two elevators. The second floor will contain the United States internal 
revenue oflices, customs oflices, United States Marshal's and other offices. 
On the third floor will be located the United States court room, jury 
rooms, district attorney's rooms and other oflices, while the fourth floor 
will be fitted up similarly to the second and utilized for store rooms. 
Eight fire-proof vaults will be distributed in various parts of the building 
on the different floors. The building will be fire proof throughout, con- 
structed entirely of brick, brown stone and iron. Back of the structure 
will be provided a court-yard for the loading and unloading of the mails. 
The building will be completed and ready for occupancy in the summer of 
1889. Oscar Knebel, architect, of this city, has general supervision of the 
construction. 



IVE^NUF^CXURES. 



A GLANCE AT THE FIELD OF PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRY HERE 
PRESENTED, WITH A BRIEF STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF 
THE CITY'S BUSINESS RESOURCES. 



T p^HE manufactures of Rochester are numerous and diversified, and cover 
I almost the entire field of industrial endeavor, increasing in number 
X and extent of output at a rate to astonish even those most nearly- 
interested. In the absence of any later oflicial data than the census 
reports of 1880 (since which time the growth in production has been enor- 
mous), it is impossible to obtain accurate statistics on this subject, and we 
are therefore obliged to content ourselves for the most part with such 
intelligent estimates as can be collected from unofticial sources — the state- 
ments, for the most part, of representative manufacturers who are in a 
position to command ah approximate knowledge of the facts. 

BOOTS AND SHOES. 

Probably the taost important of the Flower City's manufacturing industries, in 
point of value of output, is the production of boots and shoes, in which she excels, 
the goods made here being for the most part of the highest grades, sought after by 
trade and consumers East, West and South, and commanding uniformly the highest 
prices paid for ready-made goods. This applies especially to shoes for ladies', misses' 
and children's wear, to which the most attention is given, with the result that in the 
matter of style, material and workmanship they are almost without the pretense of 
rivalry. A comparison between the figures of the census of 1880 and the reliable es- 
timates of 1888 will best show the progress in this branch of manufactures: 





Census— 1880. 




Estimated —1888. 






51 


60 


Capital 




$1,180,340 


$2,500,000 






_ 1,341 


2,700 






___ 849,941 


1,500,000 






2,235,634 


4,000,000 


Value of Output 




._ _ 3,B36,vi85 


6,550,000 



READY-MADE CLOTHING. 

The production of ready-made clothing for adults and children of both sexes is 
another industry for which Rochester is justly renowned, not only as regards quan- 
tity but quality. A prominent Rochester firm was the first to attempt the making of 
men's garments on scientific principles, thus assuring to the consumer a fit and style 
never previously furnished by any but the fashionable tailor. Rivals at home and 
abroad availed themselves of the innovation, and we no longer see the workingman 
arrayed in clumsy hand-me-downs, whose only merit is cheapness. For this much- 
needed reform Stern, Bloch & Co. deserve the credit and the thanks as well of every 
person of good taste, whether his circumstances force him to wear ready-made ap- 
parel or not. Here again we are enabled to make intelligent comparison: 



Census— 1880. 


Estimated— 1888. 






20i 


22 


Capital 




.$2,050,2001 


$2,700,000 


Hands 




3,965| 


4,267 






861,000 


1,280,000 


Value of Material 




_.. 3,210,000 


3,700,000 


Value of Output 




. 4,635,000' 


6,120,000 



66 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



BEEE. 

Rochester boasts eleven beer and two ale breweries, several of them ranking with 
the most extensive and best equipped in the country, employing some 600 operatives 
and marketing vast quantities of superior goods. The output from April 30, 1886, to 
the corresponding date in 1887 footed up 303,383 barrels, from which the government 
derived a revenue of S265,847.78— an increase of 15,980 barrels over the previous 
year. Sales of stamps for twelve months ending April 30, 1888, §338,328.92— an in- 
crease for the year of $72,381.14. Barley malt consumed, 1,200,000 bushels; hops, 
800,000 pounds; ice, quantity unknown, but 1,500 men and 500 teams are employed 
during the harvesting season. 

TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS. 

Of tobacco and cigarette manufacturers there are three leading firms, one of 
which turns out, in addition to vast quantities of fine-cut smoking and chewing to- 
bacco, an average of 1,000,000 cigarettes daily; another house, doing a large manu- 
facturing business in chewing and smoking tobacco, produces 5,000,000 cigars annu- 
ally, besides great numbers of cigarettes; another makes a specialty of machine 
cigarettes and employs 200 people, and still another is exclusively engaged in manu- 
facturing and jobbing fine-cut chewing and smoking tobacco. A large number of 
smaller concerns are engaged in making cigars, and in all it is estimated that over 
3000 Rochester men, boys and girls depend upon the weed for a livelihood. The 
internal revenue from this source for the year ending March 31 amounted in round 
numbers to §162,000. 

iTHE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY. 

Though locally perhaps not so well known as other industries more generally en- 
gaged in, the manufacture and sale of petroleum products has been for more than 
twenty-five years one of Rochester's leading interests. The development of this 
business in this city dates back to the inception of the petroleum industry in general, 
now grown to such magnitude, and in fact in some respects antedates the business in 
any other city; for many grades of oils, now articles of general commerce among pe- 
troleum products, were first manufactured in this city. Indeed, in this respect the 
Rochester interest has been a pioneer, for it wao largely due to the efforts and dis- 
coveries of Rochester refiners that the capabilities of crude petroleum in the manu- 
facture of lubricating oils were made known to the world. At the time the refining 
of petroleum was first begun in this city the industry in general was of small impor- 
tance, and was confined almost exclusively to the manufacture of burning oils, which 
were then produced in several places in the country in a comparatively small way, 
and were poor in grade and of high cost. Little attention was given anywhere to the 
manufacture of mineral lubricating oils, and it was generally conceded that lubri- 
cants belonged to the province of the fisheries and the renderers of animal fats. 
Hiram B. Everest, however, the founder of the Vacuum Oil Company of Rochester, 
now retired from active participation in the management of the business, became im- 
pressed with the idea that crude petroleum possessed certain essential greases which, 
if properly extracted, would not only make superior lubricants, but would supersede 
the fatty oils then exclusively and now largely used in the manufacture of leathers. 
The practical development of his ideas, like the development of all new enterprises, 
had many difficulties to contend with. Not only had processes to be iuvented which 
would enable the oils to be properly manufactured, but the products after manufac- 
ture, being entirely new to the world, had to have a market made for them. Mr, 
Everest, with energy and faith that withstood great difficulties in many directions, 
proved equal in each respect. Through the invention of the vacuum process of dis- 
tillation he succeeded finally in the successful manufacture of his products, and 
forced them eventually into every market in the world. It is of interest to state that 
the Rochester refinery is still the only one in which the vacuum process has ever been 
successfully and permanently used. As a manufacturer of lubricating oils it was 
necessarily in the lead in the start, and is still generally admitted to lead all other 
manufacturers in the particular line of business which it makes its specialty. 

The oils of the Rochester refinery are now sent to all quarters of the globe. Direct 
exportations are regularly made to Europe, Japan, Central America, South America 
and Australia; and through European agents Rochester oils find their way largely 
into India, Africa, China, and out-of-the-way parts of the earth generally. Quite a 
large proportion of the output of the Rochester refining interest finds a market 



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67 




68 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

abroad, and in the best continental markets, despite the great competition from the 
Russian oil fields (from which an excellent class of oils is produced), the Rochester 
oils are still regarded as the standard lubricants. It is doubtful whether any other 
single interest has done so much to make the city of Rochester so generally known 
throughout the world as the oil industry, for the refinery alone in this city employs 
over one hundred and fifty salesmen in this country and Europe, who carry the name 
of Rochester with them everywhere they go. At first the refinery here devoted its 
attention exclusively to the production of heavy oils, but a few years ago the manufac- 
ture of burning oils was added, and at the present time four-fifths of all this class of 
oils consumed in the local markets is the output of the home refinery. The result 
has been the material cheapening of this class of oils to the home users. 

Though Rochester has but one refinery it has several active dealers in oils, who do 
a local and general business of considerable importance; who employ travelling men 
to carry their goods to the various parts of the country, and who naturally assist in 
making Rochester known generally as an oil center. The combined value of oils 
manufactured in and sold from Rochester represents a total sum coming to the city 
every year which very materially adds to its enrichment. The other established oil 
houses doing biisiness in the city are S.B. Williams, J. Scott Wilson, T. T. South- 
wick, Johnston Graphite Company, Plumbago Oil Company and Knowlton & Chapin. 

BURIAL CASKETS, ETC. 

Rochester is headquarters for burial caskets and undertakers' supplies. The 
most extensive casket and coffin factory in the world — that of the Stein Manufactur- 
ing Company — is located here, as is the office and salesrooms of Chappell, Chase, 
Maxwell & Co., the second largest. The working capital of the first-named concern 
is $400,000 ; the great five and six story establishment covers six acres at Court and 
Exchange streets, employs three hundred operatives and a vast plant of machinery, 
operated by two one hundred horse-power engines, and consumed over 4,000,000 feet 
of lumber of all kinds last year, besides vast quantities of varnishes, oils, solid and 
plated handles and decorations, imported cloths, plushes and trimmings. 

Messrs. Chappell, Chase, Maxwell & Co.'s works are at Oneida, occupy five acres, 
and employ three hundred people, and have a capacity second only to that of the 
Stein Manufacturing Company. The office and warehouse occupy the fine four-story 
building, 40x100 feet, at Nos. 131 and 133 State street. 

FLOUR MILLING. 

Notwithstanding the western movement of the wheat-growing and milling center, 
Rochester continues to maintain a proud eminence for both the quantity and the 
quality of her breadstufis, and the twenty large mills within her borders, equipped 
with the latest improvements, ha^-e a world-wide celebrity, grinding 20,000 bushels 
and putting on the market an average of 4,000 bairels of flour daily, besides great 
quantities of corn meal, oat meal, shorts, bran, etc. 

THE LUMBER TRADE. 

Easy and cheap transportation by the Erie canal from Tonawanda, and by rail 
from the Pennsylvania hemlock forests, make this a leading interior lumber market. 
It is impossible in this place to state with any accuracy the volume of sales, but the 
trade is represented by some five or six wholesale and probably twenty retail houses, 
and transactions for local consumption and shipments run well up in the millions. 

EVAPORATED AND DRIED FRUITS. 

Rochester is the recognized center of the evaporated and dried fruit industry of 
the United States, which diirirg recent years has aesumed very large proportions, the 
goods being shipped in large quantities to all of the leading markets of the world. 
No finer fruit is produced on this Continent than is grown in the territory embraced 
under the name of Western New York, comprisicg some twelve of the most fertile 
and richest counties of the Empire State. The cultivation of fruit, especially apples, 
has superseded all other agricultural products, and has proved more remunerative to 
the grower than any other product. The orchards of the farming community are the 
chief sources of their wealth, and the industry is prosecuted with unabated vigor, 
largely aided by the experience, skill and resources of the great nurseries of Roches- 
ter, famed throughout the world. Whether due to this proximity, to the favorable 
climate and soil, or to the superior and skillful cultivation of the orchaidists, one thing 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 69 

is certain — that the apples of Western New York are sought with avidity and bring 
relatively higher prices than those grown elsewhere. The success and magnitude of 
the evaporating industry is dvie largely to the fine quality of the fruit, easily and 
cheaply procurable in abundant quantities, and also to the enterprise of the pro- 
ducers in adapting new and improved evaporators and machinery in place of the 
crude processes in vogue years ago, producing thereby a quality of fruit fully as good 
as though it were in the fresh or matured state. Thousands of tons of apples are thus 
prepared every season from a grade of fruit heretofore wasted and allowed to rot on 
the ground, and which now forms a source of revenue to the grower. It is in the 
utilization of these waste products that the desiccation of fruit becomes a valuable 
and indispensable adjunct to every fruit grower, and the business may be considered 
as yet in its infancy. 

Within a radius of forty miles of Rochester there are more than fifteen hundred 
evaporators, ranging in capacity from the small farm-house dryer of twenty-five 
bushels per day to the large steam evaporators drying 800 to 1,000 bushels of apples 
each twenty-four hours. These evaporators give employment during the autumn 
and early winter months to at least 30,000 hands, who average from %b to $12 a week, 
according to experience and usefulness. New factories are erected every season, 
proving that the business is profitable when properly and economically conducted. 
Constant care and scrupulous cleanliness are the first elements of success in evaporat- 
ing good fruit. The production during the past season (1887) may well be considered 
the largest since the inception of the bitsiness some fifteen years ago. A careful 
estimate places the total quantity at about 30,000,000 pounds, worth at first cost some 
$2,000,000. To produce this quantity of evaporated apples it required 5,000,000 
bushels of apples, 15,000 tons of anthracite coal, and the constant attendance night 
and day of an army of men, women and children, numbering from 25,000 to 30,000. 
The water eliminated in the procees of evaporation amounted to 225,000 tons, reducing 
the fruit to about one-eighthofitsoriginal weight in the green state, each one hundred 
pounds yielding, when properly evaporated, twelve pounds on an average. The fruit 
is usually packed in cases of two cubic feet measurement, holding fifty pounds net, 
or the product of say eight and a-half bushels of green apples, and in this concentrated 
compressed form is shipped all over the world. The advantages in freight alone 
will be apparent from a comparison of the cost of shipping one case to Liverpool, 
England, which at existing freight rates will cost a little less than thirty cents, while 
in the green or fresh state in barrels the same quantity would cost S2.25, and in the 
canned state almost $2.10, without considering the deterioration of the green fruit 
and the dangers of fermentation to the canned article, the apples in the evaporated 
state being transported without any danger of deterioration or decay. The refuse of 
the apples, such as the parings and cores, are dried, and form the base of all the 
cheap jellies manufactured at present. The quantity thus produced last season will 
aggregate some 12,000,000 pounds, so that not a particle of the fruit is wasted. 

The principal consuming countries abroad are Germany, England, Belgium, Hol- 
land and France, in which the new product has entirely displaced the old-fashioned 
Bun-dried fruit. There were shipped alone to France during 1887 18,000 barrels of a 
quality known as chopped or sliced apples, dried without being either pared or cored, 
and used chiefly for the production of cider, cheap wines, and distillation when the 
vineyards of France suffer from the phylloxera. Some 4,000,000 pounds were exported 
during the season, of which more than one-half was shipped from Rochester. New 
York State evaporated fruits have secured a very favorable reputation and strong 
foothold abroad, and can be had in almost every town or city of importance on the 
European continent. The goods are also taken in considerable and increasing quan- 
tities by the West African and Australasian trade every season, and with the popu- 
larity and growing demand at home, the success of the business is more than 
assured. 

PHOTOGRA.PHERS* SUPPLIES. 

No other American city produces and handles this class of goods on so extensive 
a scale as Rochester. Several of the most noted manufacturers in the world are lo- 
cated here. 

STEAM ENGINES. 

Half a dozen firms are engaged in this industry. The reputation of Rochester 
steam engines is well established and the business is fast increasing. 



^0 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

STEAM GAUGES, LAMPS AND LANTEENS. 

In this class of goods Rochester manufacturers have no rivals. Bepides supplying 
signal lamps, beacon lights, etc., fortbe government, all leading American and Euro- 
pean railroads obtain their conductors' lamps and headlights from the two leading 
firms here who divide the trade. 

IRON AND STOVE FOUNDRIES. 

Of these there are some fifteen, employing several hundred men and producing 
great quantities of architectural and machinery castings, stoves, ranges, furnaces, etc. 

IRON BRIDGE BUILDERS. 

There is one establishment of the kind here — the Rochester Bridge and Iron 
Works— making specialties of railroad and highway bridges, plate girders, wrought 
iron water pipe, etc., and doing an extensive business. 

IRON FRONTS AND COLUMNS. 

Three firms represent tbis branch of industry, and supply builders with every de- 
scription of heavy iron work required in modern architecture. 

MACHINERY, TOOLS, ETC. 

Of machinery builders, tool manufacturers and jobbing machinists there are some 
forty establishments of all classes, employing great numbers of men and producing 
very heavily of their several specialties. 

MOULDINGS. 

Rochester may claim to be in a sense the mother of this industry, since it received 
here its earliest development on a large scale as an adjunct to the decorative arts. 
Over twenty individuals and firms are now engaged in it, and their goods are dis- 
tributed to all parts of this and other countries, competing successfully with those of 
the most famous European manufacturers. 

SEWER PIPE AND TILE. 

Two large establishments manufacture thf se goods and control a very heavy and 
fast increasing trade. 

LIME AND CEMENT. 

A very large business is done here in theee indispensable requisites of the build- 
ing trades, and six first-class establishments are kept busy supplying the demand. 

HARDWARE. 

This is a leading hardware market, and four extensive factories are steadily em- 
ployed in meeting the demand. 

LOCKS.- 

The first succesFful time lock was made here, and the business has grown to such 
an extent that Messrs Sargent & Greenleaf now own and operate the largest in the 
world, making a specialty of high-grade bank, safe, house, drawer and trunk locks. 



TRANSPORTATION. 



THE RAILROAD SYSTEM THAT MINISTERS TO THE COM- 
MERCE AND TRAVEL, BUSINESS AND PLEASURE OF 
ROCHESTER -NAVIGATION. 



ROCHESTER'S communications with the outside world are first-class, 
comprising no less than nine railroad lines, besides her excellent 
facilities for shipments and travel by lake. These roads, in the 
order of their importance, are: The New York Central & Hudson River; 
the New York, Lake Erie & Western; the Buffalo, New York & Philadel- 
phia; the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg; the Rome, Watertown & Ogdens- 
burg; the Rochester & Genesee Valley; the Avon, Genesee & Mount Mo/- 
ris; the Rochester & Lake Ontario, and the Rochesttr & Ontario Belt. 

The branches of the Central radiating from here are as follows: The 
Syracuse, Auburn & Rochester — Syracuse to Rochester, 104 miles; 
Niagara Falls — Rochester to Niagara Falls, 74f miles; Charlotte — Roch- 
ester Junction to Charlotte, 7 miles. Principal offices, New York city; 
Rochester passenger station, corner Central avenue and North St. Paul 
street. 

The New York, Lake Erie & Western Ib lessee of the Avon, Genesee & Mount Mor- 
ris and the Eochester & Genesee Valley railroads, in addition to owning and leasing 
some twenty-six other roads, maintaining a network of connections that extend from 
New York City to Cincinnati, and from Niagara Falls to Pittsburg. Total length of 
lines, 1,610 miles. The principal offices are in New York ; Rochester station, Court 
street. 

The Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia railroad consists of three divisions, desig- 
nated as the Buffalo, the Pittsburg and the Rochester, comprising in all no lees than 
nineteen, main and branch lines of a total length of 674^ miles. General offices, 
New Y'ork; station, with the N. Y. C. & H. R. railroad, Central avenue and North 
St. Paul street. 

The Buffalo, Eochester & Pittsburg railway comprises the Main line, Rochester 
to the Pennsylvania State line, 121 miles; the Buffalo division, Buffalo to Ashford, 
45 miles; the Perry railroad, leased, 1 mile; trackage of the Central and Buffalo Creek 
railroads at Buffalo, 2 miles; the Pittsburg & State Line railroad and branches 
(operated), 78+ miles, and trackage of the Erie, Howard junction to Clarion junction, 
36i miles — in all 284 miles. Office, No. 20 Nassau street, New York; Rochester 
station, corner North Ford street and West avenue. 

The Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg main line extends from Suspension Bridge 
to Massena Springs, 299 miles, and from Richland to Rome, 41 miles, with branches 
82i miles, and leased lines and trackage, bringing the total up to 641.69 miles. Gen- 
eral office. New Y^'ork; Rochester station, No. 434 Lake avenue. 

The Rochester & Genesee Valley road has its southern terminus at Avon; total 
length, 18^- miles. It is leased to the New York, Lake Erie& Western at six per cent, 
on a capital stock of 855.5,200. Office, Rochester: station, Court street. 

The Avon, Genesee & Mount Morris railroad is also under lease to the Erie on 
the same terms. Itextands from Avon to Groveland, 19 miles, with office at Mount 
Morris. 



12 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTEE. 

The Rochester & Lake Ontario is a narrow-gauge road, built expressly for pleasure 
traffic. Its length to Lake Beach, Irondequoit ba.y is 6 miles, and it was opened in 
1879. The station is on North avenue, opposite Bay street. N. H. Galusha, president 
and manager. 

The Rochester & Hornellsville is a new road, opened January 25th last, connecting 
at Hornellsville junction with the Lackawanna & Pittsburg, and via that road at 
Wayland with the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad. Intersecting the 
Western New York & Pennsylvania at Mount Morris and Nunda, the distance from 
Rochester to Hornellsville is shortened to 78 miles — thirty-four miles and more than 
an hour's travel less than by the old route via the Erie road. Connection is to be 
made via Naples with the Central Hudson, and an extension will be built to the 
Pennsylvania coal fields. 

A company has been organized and secured the right to use the west bank of the 
canal feeder for tlie purpose, and it is confidently expected that the Rochester & 
Honeoye Valley railroad will be completed during the present year. 

LAKE NAVIGATION. 

We make the subjoined extract from the report of the government 
engineer in charge of improvements at Charlotte harbor, dated June 30th, 
1887 — the latest obtainable : 

The original project, adopted in 1829, and executed between that date and 1834, 
was to obtain a channel 480 feet wide and 12 feet deep, formed and protected by parallel 
piers extending from deep water in the Genesee River to deep water in the lake. The 
present project, adopted in 1881, is to secure and maintain, by pier extension and 
dredging, a channel of navigable width and 15 feet depth at extreme low water. No 
dredging has heretofore been done, the channel having been formed and kept open 
by the current of the Genesee river. Since the commencement of work in 1829, the 
shore line hss advanced against the west pier about 1,1U0 feet, against the east pier 
about 700. The land so formed on the west side has been improved by the Ontario 
Beach Improvement Company, who have rebuilt along their river front the super- 
structure of about 500 feet of the old pier. Of the land formed on the east side, a 
plat was given to the United States life-saving service for their station. By its posi- 
tion on the lake, near the middle of the south shore, Charlotte has greater advantage, 
in length of haul, over the railroad lines which pass around the lake than any other 
port. As the lake port of Rochester it has also a wider railroad connection than any 
other port. It is also the only port having a direct communication with the principal 
mining regions of bituminous coal, and making large shipments of that product. The 
trade in this article extends as far east as Montreal. From its railroad advantages, 
its favorable position on the lake as regards length of run in doubtful weather, and 
its present control of bituminous coal shipments. I consider Charlotte to have the 
best prospects of all the American ports on Lake Ontario. The amount of commerce 
and navigation when the work of improvement began under the present project in 
1881: Arrivals, 652, tonnage, 149,.535; departures, 646, tonnage, 146,181. Imports, 
$499,798; revenue collected, 1881, S80,950.61. Arrivals and departures of vessels dur- 
ing fiscal year ending June 30th, 1887: Steamers arrived, number, 254, tons, 64,404; 
departed, number, 265, tons, 65,440. Sailing vessels, arrived 364, tons, 84,493; departed 
number 420, tons, 93,836. Revenue from customs for fiscal year ending June 3Gth, 
1887, $72,278.32; value of imports same year, ^451,517; value of exports, ^620,926. 
Greatest draught of vessels, about 12 feet. 



THE NURSERIES. 



THE GREAT CENTER OF THE TREE, PLANT AND SEED 
TRADE— FRUITS, FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS 
BY THE MILLION— A BRIEF REVIEW OF A FAMOUS 
INDUSTRY. 

IF there is any one particular industry to which, more than to all others 
combined, Rochester owes her world wide fame, it is to her nursery 
interests. The Genesee valley possesses, in more marked degree than 
any other spot upon this continent, those natural conditions of soil and 
climate suited to the propagation and cultivation of all the finer fruits and 
plants of the temperate zone, and fortunately for the commerce of this 
region the discovery was made at a period of our country's development 
when it could be utilized to the greatest advantage by the shrewd, pro- 
gressive and energetic men to whose tireless labors and i;pright dealings 
the community is under lasting obligations for building up from small 
beginnings this magnificent and beneficient branch of commei'ce, the 
ramifications of which extend to the uttermost ends of the earth. There 
are at this time in the city and vicinity some thirty-five nurseries, employ- 
ing at home and on the road about 4,000 men, yet it is only fifty years 
since the pioneer Rochester nursery was established byEllwanger & Barry, 
both of whom are living, actively engaged in the same pursuit, and conduct 
a nursery of 650 acres on the Mount Hope road — pi'obably more extensive 
and diversified in its products than any other in the United States. Their 
most conspicuous rival in the specialty of trees are Chase Bros,, who em- 
ploy 1,200 to 1,500 agents, and during the season of 1887 sold |500,000 
worth of nursery stock. 

Grossman Bros., Hiram Sibley & Co. and the house of James Vick 
(conducted by his sons since the noted founder's death in 1882) are the 
most conspicuous representative seedsmen and florists, the first-named 
making a specialty of garden seeds, cultivating sixty acres here, 1,200 
acres at other widely separated points in this country, and importing largely 
from Europe. Hiram Sibley & Co. also control a vast trade in seeds, be- 
sides conducting one of the leading nurseries of the vicinity. This estab- 
lishment, as well as that of Grossman Bros., is described at greater length 
among our notices of representative houses. Messrs. Vick confine their 
attention almost exclusively to growing and importing flowers, flower and 
vegetable seeds and rare plants, doing an immense business and issuing 
several beautifully illustrated and instructive publications relating to horti- 
culture and floriculture. They cultivate over 100 acres.' 

We have not space enough to enlarge upon each firm and individual 
engaged in this industry, but may state that no more honorable business 
fraternity can be found anywhere than the nurserymen, seedsmen and 
florisis of Rochester, some of whose establishments are described more at 
lengih in our chapter upon the representative houses of the city. The 
Nurserymen's Association is a flourishing institution, maintains an ex- 
change, and exerts a healthful influence upon the entire community. 



74 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 




SOME PRIVATE RESIDENCES. 
(By permission of ttie Editor of the Muu'xipal Manual.) 



B^NKS ^ND BA^^sTKING. 



A SUPERB SHOWING OF MONETARY POWER- SOMETHING 
ABOUT THOSE WHO LOOK AFTER THE COMMUNITY'S 
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS, CORPORATE AND INDIVIDUAL. 



WHILE reasonable conservatism has always characterized the manage, 
ment of Rochester's banking institutions — a course which has uni- 
formly operated to the advantage of all concerned and averted 
serious monetary disaster — it is not to be presumed that they are by any 
means lacking in enterprise, or that safe and useful kind of public spirit that 
stands ready to extend proper assistance to public and private movements 
based on correct principles for development of resources, the prosecution of 
improvements, the upholding of legitimate business ventures and the 
establishment and assistance of manufactures and commerce. On the con- 
trary, as will be readily attested on all hands, these institutions have fre- 
quently acted with great liberality and promptitude in case of public and 
private need and saved the credit of their patrons and of the municipality, 
and thus fairly earned the respect and confidence in which they are held 
by all classes. As a consequence all are extremely prosperous, those 
operating under State and National charters having increased the volume 
of their transactions more than one hundred per cent, during the past 
decade, while the deposits of the savings bank have swelled to enormous 
proportions, as will be seen by the appended official statements. The 
inference to be drawn from the figures presented is that business of all kinds 
is in a most healthful condition and that the community as a whole is 
exceptionally prosperous — a conclusion that is further strengthened by 
the fact that in proportion to the population, more Rochester working 
people own their homes than in any other American city. The officers, 
directors and stockholders of these banks are all citizens of Rochester, 
men of broad views, large capital and great capacity, identified with the 
city's interests and prepared at all times to contribute of their time, labor 
and means for her material advancement. 

The oldest of Rochester's banking institutions now in existence is the 
Rochester Savings Bank, incorporated April 21, 1831; then in order of 
precedence by age come the Monroe County Savings Bank, dating from 
1850; the Traders' National Bank, organized as a State bank, the Eagle, 
in 1850, consolidated with the Manufacturers' in 1859 and name changed 
to the Traders,' and reorganized in 1865 as a National bank; the Flour 
City National Bank, established under the laws of the State in 1856 and 
reorganized as a National bank in 1865; the Mechanics' Savings Bank, 
incorporated June 1, 1867; the Bank of Monroe, founded 1867; the East 
Side Savings Bank, organized in 1869; the German-American Bank, 



1Q THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

opened in 1875; the Merchants' Bank, established in 1883, and the Union 
Bank, started in 1885. 

The private banking houses are three in number — the oldest being that 
of D. W. Powers, founded 1850 (more fully described elsewhere), and 
those of T. & B. W. Corning and Amsden Bros. ;; ~; 

Following is a list of the National and Slate Banks with their^capital: 

CAPITAL STOCK 
PAID IN. 

Commercial National __ $200,000 

Flour City National 300,000 

Traders' National 250,000 

The Bank of Monroe 100,000 

German-American 200,000 

Merchants Bank of Rochester 100,000 

Union Bank of Rochester 200,000 

The reports of the Savings Banks January 1, 1888, are the latest 
figures obtainable touching their condition, and are as follows: 

KOCHESTER SAVINGS BANK. 

Total resources ..$12,016,538 49 

Due depositors 10,668,341 63 

Interest accrued on deposits 32,078 47 

Loans credited not paid... 2,938 12 

Surplus -... 1,313,180 27 

Number of open accounts 24,595 00 

MONROE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK. 

Total resources $7,900,876 99 

Due depositors 6,642,879 54 

Other liabilities (accrued interest) _ 20,707 96 

Surplus 1,237,829 49 

Deposits received during 1888 4,136,520 62 

Amount withdrawn, 18-<7 3,787,308 89 

Interest credited during 1887 244,861 57 

Current expenses, 1887 27,124 53 

Open accounts, January 1, 1888, 12,239. 

Accounts opened, 1887, 3,430. 

Accounts closed, 1887, 2.699. 

Increase of deposits. , 349,211 73 

Increase of bond and mortgage investment... 653,000 00 

EAST SIDE SAVINGS BANK. 

Total resources .$2,052,812 14 

Due depositors 1,896,224 21 

Other liabilities (accrued interest) 6,300 00 

Surplus 150,287 93 

Deposits received during 1887, not including interest 1,438,094 52 

Amount withdrawn 1887, including interest 1,369,410 14 

Open accounts January 1, 1888, 4,456. 

Accounts opened 1887, 1,744. 

Accounts closed 1887, 1,202. 

MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK. 

Total resonrces... $1,737,805 07 

Due depositors 1,548,450 41 

Surplus 184,7.54 66 

Deposits received during 1887, exclusive of interest 1,314,587 41 

Amount withdrawn 1887, including interest 1,358,923 27 

' Open accounts, January 1, 1888, 3,008. 

As compared with the showing for January 1, 1887, the total decrease of savings 
banks deposits aggregates S2,522,606.82 ; increase of National bank deposits, 
.|134,y3(l.4tr, increase of State bank deposits, $574.051.56— total increase, $708,982.02; 
grand total falling otf of deposits, $1,813,624.80. The conclusion is unavoidable that, 
right or wrong, tbe resolutely contested shoe operatives' and printers' strikes had 
a disastrous effect, for the time, on the savings of the workmen involved. 



THE PRESS. 

NEWSPAPERS OF THE FLOWER CITY— SOME ACCOUNT OF 
JOURNALS AND JOURNALISM ON THE GENESEE. 



IN the series of sketches that follow we have endeavored to set forth 
briefly and irapai-tially the history and present status of the daily press 
only. There are also published here numerous weekly, Sunday and 
monthly newspapers and periodicals of character and influence, all of 
which we would be happy to specify and describe at length did space and 
time permit; but unfortunately we are limited in both respects, and must 
therefore beg that our friends of the tripod whose merits are unsung in 
these pages will accept our explanation and apology and "take the will for 
the deed." 

;;THE UXIOW AVD AOVERTISEK. 

The Union and Advertiser Company, publishers, printers, engravers, bookbinders 
and stereotypers, is located on Exchanere street, two doors from the Wilder building. 
The main office, 75 feet deep, is at No. 22 Exchange street, and connects with the 
printing-house on Aqueduct and Basin streets. Above the office are the local and 
editorial rooms, which are very handsomely furnished, well-lighted, heated and ven- 
tilated. The printing-house is a spacious six-story building, with a basement 12 feet 
in height, 47 by 90 feet, and provided with all the best improved presses and machinery, 
and with facilities unexcelled in any city in the Union. The printing house is un- 
questionably the largest and best equipped in any city between New York and Buffalo. 

In October, 1826, the first number of the Advertiser was issued from a little office 
on Exchange street, not a stone's throw from the present handeome and commodious 
building of the company. There was at that time no daily paper printed in the 
United States west of the Hudson river. The Advertiser was then a small four-page 
paper, worked off on a hand-press at the rate of two sheets a minute. From the Potter 
perfecting press of the Union and Advertiser of to-day, an eight-page daily is issued 
at the rate of 250 a minute. Between 1826 and 1840 no less than four removals were 
made, each time to secure greater accommodations required by the growth of the 
business. After the Presidential election of 1856, the Advertiser was merged with 
the Union and its office was taken to that of the latter, where the northwest corner 
of Powers Hotel now stands. In 1882 the five-story building Nos. 45 and 47 Exchange 
street and Irving place was purchased, but in May, 1888, this was found too small, 
and the buildings at the present location were secured. 

The present officers of the company are: President, William Purcell; vice-presi- 
dent, Lorenzo Kelley; secretary. W. J. Curtis; treasurer and business manager, W. 
F. Balkam; superintendent, William Dooe; trustees, William Purcell. Eugene T. 
Curtis, W. F. Balkam, W. J. Curtis, Lerenzo Kelley, William Dooe, and George Moss. 
The Union and Advertiser is a staunch democratic sheet, well-known throughout 
the country; the editor is William Purcell. Its circulation is 20,000 daily. 

grilE DEMOCKAT! ASfD CHROXICLE.*; 

The Rochester Democrat was first issued February 17, 1834, and has had a suc- 
cessful career for over fifty years, having consolidated the Rochester American with 
it in 1857, and the Chronicle in 1870, the first issue of the Democrat and Chronicle 
having been issued December 1, 1870. It is Republican in its politics, but aims at 
independence within party lines. It is an eight-page paper, with eight columns to 
the page, and is thus the largest daily in Western New York. It also publishes 
weekly and semi-weekly editions. It is systematized into departments and pays es 



V8 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

pecial attention to the news of the city and to that of the ten counties in which it 
circulates. It is published by an association of which W. H. Mathews is president, 
Nathan P. Pond, secretary, and L. Ward Clarke, treasurer. Its editorial force is at 
present constituted as follows: Charles E. Fitch, editor-in-chief; Ernest R. Willard, 
managing editor; Henry C. Manie, associate editor; Reuben D. Jones, correspond- 
ence editor ; O. 8. Adams, night editor ; Homer Howell, commercial editor ; 
John Dennis, jr., city editor ; D. A. Willey E. A. Anderson, W. M. Mead, Frank 
E. Rawley, G. C. Read, John Brown, George F. Warren, reporters, and Thomas 
Glidden and W. Barron Williams, editors of departmento in the Sunday issue. 
The Daily Demociat mid Chronicle is published every day in the year. Its 
sworn statement shows it to have the largest circulation of any daily in Western 
New York (with the exception of a penny paper in Buffalo). Something of the 
steady growth of its circulation is shown by the following figures : In 1885 its 
average daily circulation was 12,211 copies; in 1886, 13,122; in 1887, 13,342, and 
for the first five months of 1888, 13,940. Its aggregate circulation for 1887 was 
4,870,686 copies. The weekly edition, which is widely read by the farmers, is about 
12,000 copies. The Democrat and Chronicle is published at No. 49 East Main street. 
It is now erecting two additional stories to its rear building, which will be four stories 
in height, to accommodate its large and rapidly increasing job and paper box-manu- 
facturing business. 

ROCH£!«T£R MORXIXC; H£RAL.I>. 

The Rochester Morning Herald appeared on the 5th of August, 1879, a seven 
column folio sheet that sold for two cents. It was published by the Rochester Herald 
Publishing Company, composed of practical men who saw in Rochester a field for a 
wide-awake newspaper that was not bound by party ties, but alert to and aggressively 
independent in its editorial treatment of all public questions, local and general. Such 
a paper the Herald was, and such it has ever since been. The response of the public 
was immediate and generous. Before the close of the year 1879 it had a bona flde 
daily paid circulation of over 5,000 copies, and from that time to the present its 
growtli has been steadily upwards. Within three months from the beginning the 
Campbell press, upon which the Herald was first printed, proved inadequate, and a 
double-cylinder was substituted, which in turn gave way in September, 1882, to a 
magnificent Web printing and folding machine, the managers of the Herald, with 
characteristic enterprise, securing for their establishment the first press of this kind 
in the State, outside of New York city. In the autumn of 1882 the Herald com- 
menced printing a double number on Saturdays, and, to accommodate the demand for 
advertising space and at the same time not curtail the news, it adopted in June, 1884, 
the eight-page form permanently. The Herald has been first in every forward move- 
ment. It was not only the first to introduce the stereotyping process, the first to 
have a lightning press and to publish an eight page paper, but it was first in having 
a special telegraph wire, with its own operator in its own editorial rooms, the first to 
systematically organize an extensive corps of correspondents throughout Western 
New York, the first to establish special representatives at the National and State capital, 
and, in fact, the first in every good work within the province of journalism. The Herald 
office is admirably located in the business center of the city, with a handsomely fur- 
nished counting-room on the ground floor, and the editorial departments, large, well 
lighted and comfortable, on the floor above. The composing room is also on the 
ground floor, a thoroughly lighted and ventilated department, extending through to 
Aqueduct street, which together with commodious apartments for printing and 
stereotyping, make one of the most complete and convenient newspaper establish- 
ments in New York State. The Herald with its daily circulation of 12,592, covers a 
large and important territory, and is recognized among the enterprising and foremost 
independent journals of the State. Mr. J. E. Morey, jr., is business manager and 
treasurer ; S. H. Lowe, editor-in-chief ; S. D. Lee, managing editor. Office, Nos. 30 
and 32 Exchange street. 

THE POST EXPRESS. 

In April, 1882, the Post Express Printing Company of Rochester was organized, 
with E. K. Hart as president, George EUwanger as vice-president, and Daniel T. 
Hunt as secretary and treasurer. The plant of the Evening Express, which was 
established in June, 1859, was purchased, and on May 4, 1882, the first number of the 
Post Express was issued in daily, tri-weekly and weekly editions, and has continued 
until the present time without change of ownership. The price of the daily edition. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 79 

was six dollars a year and three cents per copy. In June, 1883, the price was reduced 
to five dollars a year and two cents per copy. The Post Express has numbered among 
its editors many able writers, of whom Geo. T. Lanigan and Isaac H. Bromley were 
particularly noted. Its present editor-in-chief is Joseph O'Connor, with Jacob A. 
Hoekstra as city editor. The Post Express is an independent newspaper in the true 
sense of the term, and as such the constant increase in its circulation and influence 
is the strongest testimonial of the esteem in which it is held by the people of Roches- 
ter and Western New York. 

The telegraphic new3 published by the Post Express is furnished over the special 
wires of the United Press, and whenever necessary it is supplemented by special 
dispatches from its regular correspondents in New York, Albany, Washington and all 
the neighboring cities and towns. The Post Express has retained its folio form, and 
the strict classification of its news, editorial and miscellaneous matter, has made it 
the most popular and satisfactory to the reader. 

Every Saturday, the Post Express issues a double number, in which is found an 
abundance of interesting local matter, sporting, musical and secret society news, with 
choice selections from the magazines and the best exchanges. This has proved an 
extremely popular feature and the Saturday edition has attained an immense circula- 
tion on account of its superiority over the average Sunday newspaper. 

Besides the newspaper establishment, the Post Express Printing Company owns 
one of the largest commercial and show printing offices and book binderies in West- 
ern New York, and is celebrated throughout the country for the excellence of its 
work, having facilities excelled by no other establishment in Rochester. 

THE WAIL.Y TIMES. 

November 2, 1887, a strike took place among the printers of Rochester, at which 
time nearly the entire force of compositors in the city went out. These practical 
printers desired a medium through which they could inform the public as to the 
special reasons for their action in the premises. A small folio called The Appeal was 
published, the first number appearing November 7, 1887. The Appeal was published 
six consecutive days, the last number appearing Saturday. November 12th. Two of 
the compositors engaged in getting up and issuing The Appeal were so encouraged 
by the favor with which these special issues were received that they determined to 
continue in the work. They therefore announced the immediate advent of a one- 
cent evening paper to be called The Times, the first number of which appeared No- 
vember 14, 1887, and was printed at the present location of the office. No. 32 South 
St. Paul street. The new daily met a favorable reception and received the active aid 
of workingmen, business men and others. Its efforts were duly appreciated by 
readers of all classes. In a few weeks it had a list of several thousand bona fide sub- 
scribers, and this patronage has increased steadily from the cutset until it has com- 
pleted its first half year. The Times has been enlarged to meet requirements of 
business men w ho use its advertising space. On May 7th it issued its first noon-day 
edition, with its own special dispatches from the Press News Association of New 
York city, and has completed arrangements for a larger and faster press. It occupies 
its own peculiar position, is entirely independent in politics, advocates all rights of 
all men, is closely observant of the interests of the city, and free to speak of men , 
events, party movements, syndicates, trusts, monopolies of all kicds, and intends to 
wield a potential influence in affairs. The Times is incorporated as The Times 
Printing and Publishing Company, with a cash capital of ten thousand dollars, and a 
body of substantial stockholders, some of them experienced in the newspaper busi- 
ness, and all active, energetic citizens. 

ROCHESTER VOL-KSBIiATT. 

The Rochester Volksblatt, originally Anzeiger des Nordens, was started in 1854 
as a weekly, by H. Kurz. In 18.57, it passed into the hands of Louis W. Brandt, who 
in 1863 issued a daily and weekly, both at the Rochester Volksblatt. In 1873 he 
started the Sonntags Journal, and in 1883 all of these publications passed into the 
possession of E. H. Makk (who in 1867-8 was oneof the editors of the Volksblatt). The 
daily was enlarged in 1883 and again (to eight pages) in 1888. For ten years it was 
located on Front street, for 17 yearw at No. 18 North St. Paul street, and in 1888 it 
removed to Nos. .50 and 52 North Water street. The editorial staff consists of E. H. 
Makk, Adolph Nolte, Eugene Ebel, Louis Wocblert; Alfred Streb and G. F. Schwarz, 
reporters. In politics, the paper is independent. Daily (8- pages), S5 a year. 



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RepresepitQtiue: B>©Mgeg. 



THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS, MERCHANTS AND 
FINANCIERS OF THE FLOWER CITT. 



In the series of descriptive articles that follow, we have endeavored to 
make appropriate mention of every well-established, influential and deserv- 
ing mercantile and manufacturing house, and every responsible fiduciary 
trust in the city of Rochester, believing that those whose industry, energy 
and capital are enlisted in building up the city's material interests, and 
developing and maintaining her trade supremacy, are worthy of all the 
favorable recognition it is in our power to bestow. In this work we have 
necessarily been guided by a consistent regard for the opinion of those to 
whom we are proud to acknowledge our obligations, and have therefore 
carefully abstained from indiscriminate laudation. Our canvass has been 
as complete as circumstances would permit, and in prosecuting the same 
great care has been exercised to admit to our pages only such firms, indi- 
viduals and institutions as are above suspicion; should the list be incomplete, 
we beg the indulgence of those unintentionally neglected and assui-e them 
that it was not because of any bias on the part of editor or publishers. 

With the utmost confidence we commend every business house named 
in these pages to the good-will and patronage of all into whose hands this 
book may come. Liberal, enterprising, and of sterling business and personal 
character, it is upon this class of men the future growth of Rochester and 
her influence upon the welfare of the State and Nation depend. 



D. W. POWERS, 



Powers' Buildins:, Banking .House and Art lii^allery. 

The above name stands out in marked prominence among those whose efforts 
have been directed successfully to the development of Rochester's innumerable 
natural, business and social advantages, and we can do no less in this place than 
devote a share of our space to a brief summary of his life and services to this com- 
munity and a short descriptive sketch of the magnificent commercial building and 
art gallery of which he was the builder and originator. 

Mr. Powers was born at Batavia, Genesee county, N. Y., June 14, 1818, and is 
consequently nearly seventy years of age. When a mere youth he became junior 
clerk in a Rochester retail hardware store, where his industry and tact soon won 
recognition and advancement, and where be remained during a period of twelve 
years, the greater portion of which time he acted as book-keeper and manager. It 
was while here that Mr. Powers first turned his attention to a study of bankmg and 
finance, a field in which he was subsequently to so signally distinguish himself, but 
it was not until 1850, when thirty-two, that he was enabled to actually engage in 
the pursuit for which he was so well fitted by inclination and theoretical prepara- 
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82 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

stocks of energy and industry, Mr. Powers at last found himself at the head of a 
small private establishment making specialties of the purchase and sale of specie, 
exchange, uncurrent funds, municipal, county, State and corporation securities, etc., 
the issue of drafts and letters of credit, remittances, collections, and, in short, a 
general banking business, which gradually grew in volume and importance, until in 
the course of years Powers' bank came to be recognized as one of the most powerful 
and influential private financial institutions in the country — a position which it still 
retains, doing an immense business and enjoying, as does its founder, the entire 
confidence of the community at large, not excepting the banking interest. Mr. 
Powers remains at the helm and directs the course of the institution, while Mr. E. H. 
Vredenburgh, who for twenty years past has filled the position of cashier, still 
performs the duties incumbent upon him with all of his old-time energj and 
efficiency, one of the most popular men that ever inspected a bank-note or cashed a 
check. 

Mr. Powers was always of an enterprising and public-spirited disposition, and as 
his financiering operations bore fruit in gradually accumulating wealth, he determined 
upon a project which, while involving the profitable investment of much of his 
surplus capital, should at the same time confer upon the city lasting benefits. The 
first step in his plan was the purchase, in 1863, of the valuable ground and buildings 
fronting on Main and State streets and Pindell alley, now occupied by the superb 
Powers Commercial building — one of the largest, most striking, perfect and costly 
structures on this continent, of which owner, architect, builder and citizens aiike 
have reason to feel proud. Fronting 501 feet on Main and State streets, it is seven 
stories in height above the basement, with lofty mansard roof of iron and slate, 
surmounted by a handsome 60-foot tower 30x24 feet. The materials employed are 
white sandstone for the principal fronts, brick for the back and partition walls, iron 
beams, girders, joists and stringers, Italian and Vermont marble for the fioors of the 
bank and fifteen stores on the ground story, all the halls and corridors being 
similarly paved, while Italian marble is lavishly used everywhere in wainscoting, 
pilasters, mantels, etc. All of the halls and rooms receive ample light from 
innumerable windows, the polished English plate glass in which, imported expressly 
for the purpose, is said to have cost more than $30,000. In 1887, by way of improve- 
ment and embellishment, the heavy black walnut doors put in when the edifice was 
finished in 1872 were removed and replaced by new ones of mahogany, at great 
expense, marble at the same time taking the place of wood for door and window 
casings. Other novelties were introduced in keeping, all with the dotible object of 
rendering the building more attractive and more perfectly fire-proof — the latter a 
consideration never lost sight of from first to last, and which has been carried to 
such a degree of perfection that Mr. Powers has never expended a dollar for 
insurance on this magnificent pile, while the substantial nattire of the structure is 
all that could be desired — estimated, we are told, at 200 pounds per square foot of 
floor in each story. In the basement, which in plan and appointments is in keeping 
with the building as a whole, are situated the powerful engine and boilers supplying 
power for the great steam pump and several elevators, as well as steam for the entire 
system of pipes, many miles in extent, by means of which heat is conveyed to every 
floor and apartment, the pump distributing an abundance of water in like manner. 
Ventilation is also skillfully provided for, and tenants of the Powers building have 
every reason to congratulate themselves upon the comforts and facilities with which 
they are surrounded and their absolute exemption from danger by fire and tumbling 
walls, besides which the central location is of the greatest convenience to those 
whose business is with the general public. Of the uses and influence of this grand 
building the polished and eloquent Alphonso A. Hopkins has already written : "In 
a dual sense the Powers Commercial and Art Building is monumental. It marks 
the spot where stood the first Rochester home west of the Genesee, and it stands, 
therefore, as a monument to this thriving city's beginning. It represents the good 
taste, large enterprise and broad liberality of its founder, and will remain an 
enduring monument to one of Rochester's public-spirited citizens. . . . To the 
myriad people who dwell in sight of its high tower it is like Rochester's heart. It 
seems the very central throbbing place whence pulsate all the energy and activity of 
the city. Within its walls are gathered business, trade, music, art, finance, official, 
professional and social life, and they do not jostle one another ; there is room and to 
spare for all. Surely neighbors more diverse never came into such near proximity; 



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surely no single edifice ever before brought so much of desirable resource into 
equally easy reach of so large a vicinage." 

And now we come to the pride of the generous founder's heart, the apple of his 
eye, the crowning glory of his long, useful and beneficent life— the magnificent 
Powers Art Gallery. 

Entrance to the reception room on the fifth floor (which is of itself a splendid 
gallery, containing numerous celebrated pictures and the wonderful Dufner 
orchestrion) is had by means of a door opening from the rotunda, and progress 
thence to the various parts of -the gallery is easy and natural. The names "green", 
"black", "drab", etc., given to the rooms designate the colors most prevalent in their 
hangings and furnishings, which from floor to ceiling are of the richest and most 
artistic character. The pictures are over 600 in number, while fifteen or twenty 
pieces of rare statuary and a vast collection of bric-a-brac, vases, etc., vary and 
amplify the exhibit of the artists, ancient and modern, whose choice works are 
gathered here. We have space to name but a few— Guido, Holbein, Michael Angelo, 
Murillo, Raphael, Tintoretto, Rubens, Titian, Vandyck, Kosa Bonheur, Daubigny, 
Dore, Dupre, Gerome, Knaus, Max, the Meissoniers (J. C. and J. L. E.), Munkacsy, 
Rosseau and Vibert, painters; Ball, Confer, Gould, Jackson and Papotti, sculptors. 
There are the best works, also, of many less celebrated creators, and Mr. Powers is 
not at all governed in his judgment and appreciation by the fame of the author or 
the price of his productions, as may be inferred from the list of his favorites, which 
includes the following: "La Belle Desauvree," by R. DeMadraz; "Petites Maraudeu- 
ses," by William Adolph Bougereau; "Rehearsal of Richelieu's Tragedy, Miriam," 
by Adrien Moreau; "A Tough Bit of Road," by Adolf Schreyer; "Devant I'Alcalde." 
by Jules Worms; "The Temptation of St. Anthony," by Alexander Louis Leloir; 
"Le Coeur s'EveiUe," by Anatole Vely; "The Butcher Boy," by Ludwig Knaus; 
"October— Potato Gathering," by Auguste Hagborg; "The Forest of Fontainebleau," 
by N. V. Diaz; and (from the A. T. Stewart collection) "Susannah and the Elans," by 
F. Xavier Winterbalter; "Diana and Her Nymphs," by Karl Ferdinand Sohn, and 
"Lear Awakening from Insanity," by Theodor Hildebrandt. Of the sculpture two 
pieces will at once attract attention, for possibly different reasons— one, "Venus at 
the Bath," by an unknown hand; the other a speaking bust of Mr. Powers by 
Papotti. A curious and valuable memento of New York's great merchant prince, 
Stewart, is a grand hall clock constructed to his order at a cost of $ 10,OOU. Its 
attachments comprise a perpetual calendar, astronomical thermometer, barometer, 
etc. The case, by Cornu of Paris, is of African onyx; base of Sienna marble; 
movement by Farcot, of Paris. 

BREWSTER, CRITTENDEN & CO., 



Wholesale «roeei-s— Xos. 4» and 51 Xorth St. Paul St. 

This is one of the representative wholesale grocery houses of Rochester, of long 
standing and lofty reputation for open methods, liberality and unswerving integrity. 
The firm is composed of Messrs. H. A. Brewster, P. V. Crittenden and H. C. Brew- 
ster, and was established in 1860 by Mr. H. A. Brewster, the style changing to H. A. 
Brewster & Go. in 1873, and to Brewster, Crittenden & Co. in 1883. The Brewsters 
are the son and grandson, respectively, of Mr. H. Brewster, who founded the house of 
H. Brewster & Co. in 1853, and are well and favorably known to the trade throughout 
Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania. 

The establishment at Nos. 49 and 51 North St. Paul street is a very large one, 
occupying six floors, 42x112 feet, and gives employment to thirty or more men. The 
house carries a very heavy stock at all seasons, embracing complete lines of staple 
and fancy groceries, canned goods, etc., and handling immense quantities of choice 
grass seeds— the latter a specialty in" which for extent they have no rivals in this 
market. Their sales are commensurate with their facilities, and aggregate many 
hundred thousand dollars annually. The firm were for many years at East Main and 
South St. Paul streets, removing to their present vastly more commodious quarters 
early in the present year. 

Mr. H. A. Brewster is an old and influental citizen, a director of the Commercial 
National Bank, and a prominent member of the Cbamber of Commerce, He entered 
the grocery business as a clerk in 1848, and the evidence of his sterliug character and 
mercantile abilities is seen in the great wealth and prominence to which he has 
attained. 



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H. H. WARNER & CO. 




WARNER S SAFE REMEDIES BUILDING. 



The above building, which is located on North St. Paul street. Nos. 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 
70 and 72, has a flioor capacity of four and one-quarter acres, the basement being used 
for storage purposes of bottles and materials, the first floor being the general offices 
and shipping room; second floor, mailing room, with packing room for the Yeast 
department; third floor, packing and bottling room for the Safe Remedies; fifth floor, 
drying floor for the Yeast department; sixth floor, laboratory; seventh floor, labora- 
tory; eighth floor, general storage rooms. 

In 1879 H. H. Warner & Co. started in the Safe Remedies business, and now have 
branch laboratories and warehouses in London, England; Toronto, Canada; Mel- 
bourne, Australia; Sidney. New South Wales; Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany; 
Prague, Austria; and Rangoon, Burmah. This house is reputed to do the largest 
proprietary medicine business of any house in the world. Their newspaper adver- 
tising amounts to about $500,000 a year, the world over, and their pamphlet and other 
miscellaneous advertising amounts to half as much more. The leading preparations 
of Warner's Safe Remedies are Warner's Safe Cure, Warner's Safe Pills, and Warner's 
Safe Rheumatic Cure. Besides these, there are AVarner's Safe Diabetes Cure, 
Warner's Safe Asthma Cure, Warner's Tippecanoe the Best, Warner's Tippecanoe 
XXX, Warner's Safe Nervine (large), Warner's Safe Nervine (small), Warner's Safe 
Pills. These remedies have attained to a very high standard of excellence, and their 
reputation is world-wide. 

Mr. Warner himself was cured by what is now known as Warner's Safe Cure, 
some ten years ago, when he was given up by the best physicians, as incurable with 
kidney disease. It was this incident that led him into the manufacturing of the 
medicine, he determining that it was his duty to spread the merits of so potent a 
remedy before the world. In 1887 H. H. Warner & Co., after long experimentation 
and trial, put upon the market what is known as Warner's Log Cabin Remedies, 
preparations of simple roots and herbs, based on very old-fashioned formulfe. These 
preparations do not conflict at all with Warner's Safe Remedies, they being designed 



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for an entirely different order of diseases. They are Warner's Log Cabin Sarsa- 
parilla, Warner's Loof Cabin Hops and Buchu Remedy, Warner's Log Cabin Cough 
and Consumption Remedy, Warner's Log Cabin Scalpine (for the Head and Hair), 
Warner's Log Cabin Extract (for internal and external use), Warner's Log Cabin Rose 
Cream (for catarrh), Warner's Log Cabin Liver Pills, Warner's Log Cataiu Plasters. 
These two series of standard remedies, and Warner's Safe Yeast, are all manu- 
factured in the building above represented. It is doubtful if any proprietary medicine 
or yeast business in the world is carried on according to such an extensive scale. 

Mr. Warner is himself a young man, having been born in 1842. He is a very 
public-spirited, wide-awake, highly respected citizen of Rochester, as is evident from 
the fact that on the 21st day of December, 1887, he was elected as President of the 
newly organized Chamber of Commerce, consisting of about three hundred of the 
leading business firms and their representatives in Rochester. He has also occupied 
prominent political positions, having been a member of the State Republican Com- 
mittee, and of the Executive Committee of that committee. He is a man of large 
frame, fair complexion, blue eyes, and of great energy and resolution in everything 
that he undertakes. 



HENRY C. WISNER, 




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WOKCESTER 
POHCELAINE. 



Importer and Jobber of China, Olass anU Rarthenware— Dealer in Royal IVor- 
oester Poreelaine and Artistic China— Xos. 75. 77 and SO !>^tate St.. Corner 
of Cij.irch St. 

y This magnificent establishment, 
% the finest and most artistic store in 
M the city, gave little promise of its 
] present pre-eminence when it was 
first established by Mr. James 
Brackett, in 1840. Since then the 
changes in the proprietorship of 
the enterprise have been : Brackett. 
Wisuer & Palmer ; then Wisuer A: 
Palmer, and afterward, in 1861, 
Henry C. Wisner. The trade trans- 
acted at the elegant store com- 
prises the importation and jobbing 
of artistic and useful pottery and choice glass- 
ware from all countries ; fruit jars, kerosene 
t chandeliers and library and drawing room 
"'-' lamps, of the latest and choicest artistic designs; 
bronzes, lamps and metal novelties, sdver-plated 
ware and fine cutlery, cut glass goods, bric-a- 
brac of all kinds ; while a specialty is made of 
ware from the cele orated Royal Worcester, 
.?«--.*«,s_. Crown Derby, Doulton, Minton and Copeland 
potieucs. In any and hjI ,.i liiooo various goods a most comprehensive assortment 
is constantly kept on hand, and patrons of this establishment can be assured that the 
articles purchased are of the finest quality and that they are sold at the lowest feasible 
prices. For wedding, birthday, christening, Christmas, or other festival presents 
nothing could be more useful, ornamental or appropriate than Sv>me f)f the magnifi- 
cent importations displayed by Mr. Wisuer, while to those who only desire to expend 
a small amount in the purchase of any article enumerated, they too can conserve 
their purses and obtain beautiful and useful articles from his immense stock. 

The building occupied is of six stories, of which an illustration is presented here- 
with, wherein 17,000 square feet of floor space is occupied for the various pur()Oses of 
the extensive trade, which is derived principally from Western New York and Penn- 
sylvania. 

Mr. Henry C.Wisner, the head of this magnificent enterprise.is a native of New York 
State, whose active, prominent and beneficial business life has been spent in this city; 
which has had ample reason to congratulate herself upon the possession of so public- 
spirited a citizen. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. 




80 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



PEERLESS TOBACCO WORKS. 



^Vni. S. Kimball & Co., Manufacturer^) of ii^niokinj^ and Chewing Tobaccos 
and Cigarettes.— Sfos. 18 to 34 Court Street. 

It is unnecessary in this place to more than allude to the fame of the above-named 
firm, which, it is no exaggeration to say, is as widespread as civilization. Its goods 
have penetrated to every quarter of the world where discriminating chewers and 
smokers are found. 

The works front 224 feet on Canal street and 200 feet on the river bank, from 
Court street bridge to the canal viaduct, in addition to an adjoining warehouse, 
150x200 feet, utilized ior storage purposes. A mere description of the equipment of 
standard and special machinery in use would take up more space than we are 
allotted, and we therefore pass it by with the remark that nothing is omitted that 
can in any way contribute to the volume and quality of the output. In a recent 
commiinication to the Union and Advertiser on the subject of cigarettes, Mr. Kim- 
ball says : " It is with pleasure that I respond to your request for a brief article re- 
garding the growth of the cigarette business in Rochester. But in speaking of this 
subject I confine my remarks simply to what has been done in our own factory in 
the past, regarding the output of this most popular method of consuming tobacco. 

" In 1876 we began making cigarettes and in that year turned out 15,000,000. We 
aimed at the start to make a superior article, and it was but a short time until our 
brands became extremely popular throughout the United States. Year by year the 
demand increased until the figures last year showed that we made and sold nearly 
three hundred million, more than a million for each working day. In 1878 we were 
awarded a medal at the Paris exposition for the finest cigarettes made in the world, 
and, in fact, wherever they have been placed in competition with other makes they 
have invariably carried off the award of merit. But the facts warrant us in 
making the statement and it is something of which Rochester should be proud. 
Nearly 1,200 workmen are employed, and no doubt five times that number are maic- 
tainerl. . 

'* A lengthy and interesting article could be written regarding the popularity of 
the cigarette among all classes, but this phase of the subject may be trusted to other 
hands. Relative to it. however, it might be mentioned that, notwithstanding the 
abuse of the comparatively harmless cigarette by the press and pulpit, eminent 
medical authority is about evenly divided regarding the effects of tobacco 
on the human system. The great American public, as well as the old world, however, 
joins with the poets, the philosophers and thinkers in the praise and use of the weed, 
and the demand for our product is still ' moving on,' as the New York World says. 

" It is hard to comjjute the possible output of our factories for this year. We 
are now putting up cigarettes which foreign consumers and home people pronounce 
the acme of perfection of a delightful smoke, and the probabilities are that our prod- 
ucts this year will greatly exceed those of last." 

The goods indicated include the popular "Satin," "Athletic," " Four-in-Hand," 
" Cupid," " Superlative " and " Fragrant Vanity Fair " cigarettes. Besides these are 
the firm's popular brands of smoking — " Vanity Fair," " Old Gold," " Black-and-Tan " 
and " Nigger- Head," and " Peerless " fine cut chewing, awarded first prizes at the 
Paris, Vienna, Melbourne, New Orleans and Atlanta expositions. 

The enterprise and industry of this firm, which in building up its now vast busi- 
ness has also done so much for Rochester, cannot be too highly commended. The 
building they occupy, and to the area of which we have already referred, is a feature 
of the city to which residents point with pride. It is four stories in height, built in 
the form of a three-sided parallelogram, with a broad open court in the center, from 
one corner of which rises a great square tower, illustrated on the cover of this work, 
160 feet tall, 22 feet square at the base, 10 feet square at its smallest diameter, above 
which is a projecting cornice provided with smoke escapes and balcony, the latter 
commanding a superb view of the city and surroundings. The roof is cf iron,covered 
with sheet copper, and is surmounted by a colossal bronze statue of Mercury, the 
largest ever constructed. 

Mr. Kimball, a native of New Hampshire, has lived here since 1858, and is promi- 
nent personally and commercially, occupying the position of first vice-president of 
the Chamber of Commerce. He is also famous as the possessor of the finest collec- 
tion of orchids in the world, and proprietor of noted private greenhouses. Mr. Hart 
is a native of Rochester and is well known in business and social circles. (See Illus- 
tration of Peerless Tobaccoo Works, page 280. 



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THE BRADSTREET MERCANTILE AGENCY. 



Tlie Braclstreet Company. Proprietors— Executive Oftiees, Nos. 279, 281 
and 283, BroacUvay, Xew York— Offices in the Principal Cities of the 
United States, Canada, the Kuropean Continent, Australia, and in liOn- 
don— Rochester Ollice: Monroe County Savings Bank Building, State St. 

It is almost superfluous to explain the purpose and utility of the Mercantile 
Agency, but as many do not understand its object, we may be permitted to say that 
the intention is to give reliable information regarding the financial standing of mer- 
chants, manufacturers, bankers, etc. 

This agency was established in 1849, in response to a demand for advices of the 
condition and standing of parties seeking credit away from their homes. At that 
time transactions were made on long time, and purchases were made to supply stocks 
semi-annually, because of meager transportation facilities. Originally, only the more 
important dealers were contemplated, as the work then, as compared with the present, 
was cumbersome. Gradually, smaller dealers were included, lantil the existing meth- 
ods and publications cover every class of business that operates in any degree on 
credit. Eesponding to the requirements of the country's great commercial, financial 
and manufacturing growth, the company has established offices in the more impor- 
tant cities of the United States and Canada, Great Britain, the European Continent 
and Australia, and has an established correspondence with all civilized countries, 
thus practically bringing its facilities to the door of everyone who may require in- 
formation regarding the resources and trustworthiness of either home or foreign pur- 
chasers of this country's manufactures and products, as well as to promulgate to 
people of other countries tlie financial standing of American merchants and othe^-s 
seeking credit abroad. 

This company is prominent among the developing powers of commerce, in that it 
stands in the attitude of an impartial and reliable reflector of existing facts and 
features, as its information reaches the thinking and financially strong classes at 
large. Its reports are considered in the light of a guide, by both investors and those 
contemplating the granting of credit. In addition to a large corps of skilled em- 
ployes, more than one hundred thousand correspondents contribute the result of 
their investigations and opinions. 

The system of the Bradetreet Company is interesting, and appeals to the attention 
of all those who bestow credit. The company observes close relations to its patrons 
and maintains the same upon a basis of practical and strict business methods. Con- 
stant effort is being made to improve the standard of its work, and the expenditure 
of money is not stinted to attain this end. Cheaj) service is a delusion, as the expe- 
rience of those ivho seek it attests. The Bradstreet Company, while making its terms 
for service as reasonable as the quality of its work will permit, steadily declines to 
lower the standard, to meet the erroneously called cheap prices of competitors. 

The Bradstreet Company is the oldest and financially the strongest organization 
of its kind working in one interest and under one management, with wider ramifica- 
tions, with more capital invested in the business — and spends more money every year 
for the collection and dissemination of its information than any similar institu- 
tion in the world. 

The company also publish weekly ^'Bradstreefs", a journal of trade, finance and 
public economy. 

This journal unquestionably has a more extended circulation than any similar 
paper published. It is an acknowledged authority, not only in the United States and 
Canada, but in England, on the Continent of Europe, in Australia, and, in fact, every- 
where in the civilized world. Its special trade and industrial reports and its synop- 
sis of recent legal decisions constitute an exceedingly valuable feature. As commer- 
cial transactions, in the wider sense, are coming to be more and more conducted on 
the statistical basis, the information containe<^ in " Bradstreet' s'^ is of the first 
importance both to producers and middlemen. Each edition contains the trade and 
agricultural situation throughout the United States and Canada, reported by tele- 
graph up to the hour of publication. 

The Kochester office has bean established many years. It receives, for the use of 
its subscribers, all the information required to properly serve them, thus giving them 
the full benefit of the vast amount expended each year in gathering, formulating and 
promulgating information. 

Patrons and others will always be welcome at the offices of the company, which 
are in the Monroe County Savings Bank building, State street. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 89 



BANK OF MONROE. 



Hiram Sibley, President: Hiram W\ Sibley, Viee - President : ^Villiam K. 
Sewarrt, Cashier— Capital Stook, !«100,000— Xo. 31 Kxehange St. 

It has always been a desideratum among institutions whose province is to care- 
for money or trusts confided to their custody by firms or individuals, to have some one 
at the head of the corporation whose name is a synonym for personal integrity, busi- 
ness capacity and large private resources. The Bank of Monroe has a gentleman at 
the head of its list of officials and stockholders whose name is a guarantee of just 
such characteristics from Maine to California and from Alaska to Florida, and who is 
also thoroughly well known in foreign countries. We refer to Mr. Hiram Sibley, the 
head of the great seed-house of that name. His son, Mr. Hiram W. Sibley, occupies' 
the position of vice-president, and Mr. William R. Seward is cashier, a position for 
which be is well fitted by years of experience and natural capability. That the affairs 
of this bank are conducted in an eminently satisfactory manner may be inferred frora, 
the fact that the surplus is $330,000. 

n-The Bank of Monroe was instituted in 1867, and Mr. Sibley has been its president 
since 1880. The business transacted is general banking in all its branches, and the 
issuance of circular notes, letters of credit, foreign and domestic exchange, making 
collections and discounts, etc. The building occupied at No. 21 Exchauge street is 
the oldest banking building in the city, having been first occupied by the old Bank 
of Rochester about 1830, and has been continuously used for a banking-house since 
that time, except for about five years, when it was occupied by the Western Union 
Telegraph Company. 

In connection with this brief notice of the Bank of Monroe, it is but justice tO' 
mention the career of the prominent citizen of Rochester who is its president. 

Mr. Hiram Sibley was born at North Adams, Mass., on February 6, 1807, where 
he remained until he was sixteen, when he removed to Lima. N. Y., remaining there 
for three years. He then removed to Mendon and established a manufacturing vil- 
lage which now bears the name of Sibleyville. After establishing and successfully 
operating a foundry and machine-shop for f5en years, he received a testimonial of the 
appreciation of the esteem of his fellow citizens by being elected Sheriff of Monroe 
county in 1843, after which he came here and entered into business and has resided 
here ever since. During his early residence here also he conceived the idea of a com- 
prehensive telegraph system, which, by Mr. Sibley and others, afterward assumed 
form as the Western Union Telegraph Company. He met with great opposition from 
those whom he endeavored to interest in the project of connecting the Atlantic and 
Pacific coast by telegraph, such men as Cyrus W. Field, William M. Evarts and Peter 
Cooper stating to Mr. Sibley that the idea was impracticable of successful prosecu- 
tion. The following account in relation to Mr. Sibley's action is quoted from a his- 
torical work published some years since : " He replied, with his characteristic prompt- 
ness, that he should take the evening train for Washington and endeavor to get an 
appropriation for the construction of the line, and that it should be built if he had 
to build it alone. He went to Washington, advanced the money, and obtained the 
necessary appropriation. The line was constructed, and the result shows that it was 
a grand conception. Mr. Sibley was president of the Western Union for sixteen 
years, and was succeeded by William Orton, During his administration of sixteen 
years the stock rose from S220,000 to $48,000,000, the stock being above par." The 
period during which he was president of this famous line was the time when it had 
its greatest success, and under his able supervision and management it attained a 
boom which has continued to this day, tho result of his foresight and comprehensive 
ideas of its possibilities. To again quote : " He also conceived the plan of connect- 
ing the two continents by way of Alaska and Siberia, and visited Russia, where he 
made the necessary negotiations with the Czar. He was magnificently entertained at 
the royal (Imperial) court, and received many distinguished honors at the hands of 
Alexander. The company constructed the line along the coast to Alaska, and had 
built fifteen hundred miles in Siberia, when it was announced that Cyrus W. Field' 
had successfully accomplished the laying of the Atlantic Cable. This line was then 
abandoned." Had the laying of the cable proved to be impracticable of achievement, 
this plan of Mr. Sibley's would have been the most magnificent and successful pro- 



90 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



ject for counectitifrtbe Eastern and Western hemispheres that could have been de- 
signed, as it would also have connected China with this continent through Russia. 
That negotiation contemplated the purchase of Alaska— or rather so much of it as was 
occupied by the Russia Fur Company — by the United States. 

Since Mr, Sibley's resignation of the presidency of the Western Union Telegraph 
Company he has occupied himself principally in more individual enterprises, and is 
the largest farmer in the worlr^. He owns the SuUivant farm in Illinois, the largest 
farm in that State, comprising forty thousand acres, and which is the Summit farm 
in the State, four rivers taking their rise thereon and running to different directions 
in the State, besides owning three hundred and forty-three other farms in five dif- 
ferent States, principally in Illinois, and also owns the largest farm in New York 
State, the Rowland Island farm. As has been stated he is also the president of the 
Bank of Monroe of this city; he founded and endowed the Sibley College of Mechanic 
Arts, of Cornell University, at a cost of $ 100,000, and also erected and provided for 
the maintenance of Sibley Hall, of the University of Rochester, illustrated in the en- 
graving of that University. 

Mis. Sibley is also an effective co-operator in the philanthropic actions of Mr. 
Hiram Sibley, having expended a very large amount of money in private and public 
charities and endowments. 

Two especially noticeable monuments of Mr. Sibley's business enterprise are worthy 




HIRAM SIBLEYSt CO? ROCHESTER Seed HOU 



of enumeration — the large building on East Main street in this city, where his gigan 
tic seed business is transacted, and his vast seed warehouse on North Clark street, in 
Chicago, illustrated herewith, which is one of the largest and finest fire-proof ware- 
houses in the world, 

Mr. Sibley, although advanced in years, is still hale and possessed of his customary 
energy and keen business capacity, the enormous enterprises in which he is engaged 
etill receiving the same prescience and comprehensive intellectual vigor and 
scope of judgment that has always characterized him. 

In connection with this notice of one of the most prominent men of the country, 
it is hardly necessary to allude to the existence of the large seed business, inaugurated 
and still maintained by him, for this, like Mr. Sibley, is world-wide in its reputation 
and cognizance by the merchants and farmers of the globe. 



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91 



BURKE, FITZ SIMONS, HONE & CO., 



Yl'holesal*' and Retail l>r,v <i<ood>*. Carpets*. Upholstery, ftentlemeii's Fur- 
iiiwiiiiiy; <iJooil«. Millinery and Xotions— Main St.. Corner of St. Paiil. 




The growth of Western New York and of the country at large in commerce, manu- 
factures and general progress has been something phenomenal during the past forty 
years, and the influential old house named above has been one of the factors in its 
development. The senior members of the firm, Messrs. Charles J. Burke, Charles 
Fitz Simons and Alexander B. Hone, came hither in 1849, soon afterward organizing 
the house which they still conduct, and which has steadily advanced from the rank 
of a first-class country store, with some pretensions to a moderate wholesale trade, to 
that of a great leading mercantile establishment, whose trade connections permeate 
several States, while its founders long since took position as representative Rochester 
business men of rare ability and character, whose advice and co-operation was, and 
is, eagerly sought in every movement having for its object the advancement of the 
city and the moral and material welfare of its citizens. All were born in the State, 
with the exception oD Mr. Fitz Simons, a native of Ireland, who came to the United 
States at the age of twenty, after several years of careful preparation for the career in 
which he has since distinguished himself. 

The firm, composed of Messrs. Charles J. Burke. Charles Fitz Simons, Alexander 
B. Hone and Thomas J. Devine, occupy the great five-story fire-proof brick building 
at the corner of Main and St. Paul streets, 75x175 feet, and on St. Paul street 80x120 
feet, affording in all 120,000 square feet of available floor space. Their stock, em- 
bracing superb lines of all stylish and salable American and foreign dress goods, silks, 
woolens, millinery, notions, gentlemen's furnishing goods, carpets, upholstery goods, 
etc., is vast and comprehensive, and their facilities are such that they are enabled to 
offer the trade as good inducements as can be found even in New York, while com- 
petition in this market is hardly possible. Their annual sales, running into the 
millions, are positive evidence of the advantages afforded buyers, who flock here in 
crowds from all portions of Northern and Western New Y''ork, Central, Western and 
Northwestern Pennsylvania, Eastern, Northern and Central Ohio, and even from 
points more remote, purchasing heavily, enjoying the manifold attractions of the far- 



S2 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



famed Flower City, and carrying home with them pleasant recollections of her beauty, 
her hospitality and the sterling qualities of her business community. 

Mr. Charles J. Burke, the senior member of Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co., is 
vice-president of the Merchant's Bank of Rochester, and the owner of much valuable 
real estate, city and suburban. Burke park, his home, seventy acres in extent, is one 
of the most delightful places of refiidence conceivable, commanding a magnificent 
view of the city and environs to the south, and of Lake Ontario, the lower Genesee 
valley, and an unrivaled landscape of hill and vale, forest and farm, to the norths 
east and west. Mr. Fitz Simons' beautiful home is at Livingston park, a delightful 
place. Mr. Hone's palatial residence is one of the most tasteful on Clinton street, an 
oasis of fountains and verdure, almost in the very heart of the city. Of the two last 
named, both of whom are extensive property-holders, Mr. Fitz Simons is a trustee of 
the Monroe County Savings Bank, and Mr. Hone interested as stockholder and other- 
wise in several banking institutions. The firm are represented in the newly-organized 
Chamber of Commerce of this city. 



MONROE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK. 



M^illiani H. iSage, President: James E. Booth, First Viee-President : Riifiis 
Ji. Dryer, Second Vice-President: David Hoyt. Secretary and Treasurer: 
Oscar Craig;, Attorney— Xos. 33 and 35 State St. 

There is no question of the usefulness of the savings bank, an institution that has 
done more to encourage habits of economy and thrift and to place its regular patrons 
on a footing of financial and personal independence than all others combined. 
Properly conducted as are all New York savings banks, we believe, they are an 
undisguised blessing to th© community where located. 

One of the oldest and soundest of these fiduciary trusts in this end of the State is 
the Monroe County Savings Bank, chartered by the Legislature in 1850. Its career 
from the first has been a history of business sagacity, integrity, plain dealing and 
conservatism, not unmixed with opau-hauded liberality toward deserving public and 
private enterprise. Of all the tens of millions of dollars committed to its custody by 
depositors, not one was ever lost to the owner; on the contrary vast sums have been 
returned to them in interest, and the older customers may be pardoned if they believe 
no safer or ultimately more profitable investment is possible than the deposit of a 
few odd thousands with the "Old Monroe." 

The condition of this solid old rock of finance on the 1st of January last is shown 
by the following condensed statement : Assets— Bonds and mortgages, $4,232,497; 
United States bonds (market value); SI, 783,300; bonds of cities (market value), 
S967,653.75; bonds of counties, S150,000; call loans, S 21,450; real estate, 8122,623.63; 
cash deposited in banks, $395,288.83; cash on hand, .S136,942.26; interest accrued, 
S91,121.52; total, 87,900,876.99. Liabilities— Amount due depositors, 86,642,879 54; 
interest accrued on deposits, S20,707.96; surplus, .$1,237,289.49; total, $7,900,876.99. 

The rules adopted for the management and security of the bank and its depositors 
are models of clearness, simplicity and wisdom, as follows : Deposits made on or 
before the first three business days of any month shall be entitled to monthly interest 
at the rate of four per cent, per annum, provided they remain to the end of a quarterly 
period. The quarterly period begins with the first days of March, June, September 
and December. Deposits may be withdrawn on the last three days of any quarter 
without loss of interest; but if withdrawn previously to the last three days, no interest 
will be allowed on the amount so withdrawn for that quarter. Individual accountsare 
limited by law to 83,000 upon which interest may be allowed to accumulate; but no 
interest will be allowed on such accumulation. When a deposit is made pursuant to an 
order of a court of record, or of a surrogate, the sum named in such order may be re- 
ceived. The interest on the same may be allowed to accumulate, and interest will be 
allowed on such accumulation. Deposits made by a corporation, and deposits of 
moneys arising from judicial eales, or trust funds, but not made pursuant to an order 
of a court, are limited to $ 5,000, upon which the interest may be allowed to accumulate, 
as in the case of individual accounts. All interest dividends shall be added to the 
principal on the first days of June and December, and may be drawn on or after the 
twentieth days of those months. 

The officers, named above, are all prominent and responsible citizens, as are the- 
twenty-one trustees. 



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L. S. GRAVES & SON, 



Manufacturers of Passenger and Freight Elevators, !*ihafting. Pulleys, Hang- 
ers, etc.— No. 30 Center St.; IVew York Olliee. X*. 46 Cortlandt Street; 
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In the present age of buildings whose altitude emulates the tower of Babei, and 
whose architects seem desirous of following the example of the inaugurators of that 
famous edifice and attaining to the skies, elevators have become as prime a necessity 
as the staircase used to be. And in the construction of passenger elevators there are 
two absolute requirements — safety and speed — for the time when a passenger would 
contentedly take a nap in an elevator has long since lapsed. 

A firm that has attained wide and well-deserved celebrity in the manufacture of 
these elevators is that of Messrs. L. S. Graves & Son, composed of L. S. and Fred. B. 
Graves, which was instituted in 1863. The commencement of this now prosperous 
firm was but modest, and during the first year of their elevator manufacturing they 
completed only two of those machines. But they also, at that time, made shoe machin- 
ery, a business they have some time since discontinued. The progress of this firm in 
elevator manufacture can be estimated bv the development during the past few 
years: In 1883, they made 107; in 1884, 120; in 1885, 144; in 1886, 212; and during 
1887 over three hundred. 

Among other notable buildings where L. S. Graves & Son's elevators are used 
are many prominent edifices in this and in New York city, and these elevators have 
proven absolutely perfect in easy regulating, readiness of controlling, speed and 
safety. Consequently it is only justice, and a statement devoid of the least exagger- 
ation, to say that they are as good as, if not better than, any on the market. 

In addition to the manufacture of passenger elevators, L. S. Graves & Son make 
freight elevators of all required dimensions and power, and these, too, are rapidly 
^ being put into the large business blocks and warehouses. 

At the factory, No. 30 Center street, the firm have a tine and convenient building 
of three floors, each 108x106 feet, where they have ,a superior plant of improved 
machinery for the making of their hydraulic and steam elevators, and shafting, pul- 
leys and hangers, and there they employ over one hundred skilled workmen. This 
large building is one solid workshop, whence issue their celebrated manufactures; the 
elevators being sent all over the United States, while the shafting, pulleys and hang- 
ers are only made for the local and adjacent trade, which, however, is quite large. 

During the present year this firm have been compelled to enlarge their plant, and 
yet have been obliged to work to their utmost capacity to keep anywhere near the 



94 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

volume of orders; hence it is unnecessary to amplify the fact that business is excel- 
lent with this house, and continually and prosperously augmenting. 

Both members of this firm are Rochester men, L. S. Graves having come hither 
from Worcester, Mass., in 1859, and established himself in business here, and have 
been important integers tn the sum of the city's prosperity; a sum that, in their 
capacity as business men, they have worked out by the Golden Rule: "Do as you 
■would be done by." 

COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK. 



H. F. AtkiiDSon. President: M.F. Reynolds, Vice-President : H. F. Huntington, 
Cashier-Capital Stock, *SSOO.OOO— Xo. 47 East Main St. 

This flourishing financial institution Avas established under the National Banking 
act of the United States on June 1, 1878, and during the decade of its existence has 
enjoyed a career of unvarying prosperity, as is shown by the fact that it has always 
paid its stockholders a dividend of eight per cent, per annum since its organization. 
Its conservative yet judiciously liberal dealing has demonstrated the wisdom and 
financial acumen of its management, and its steady and healthful growth manifests 
the esteem wherein the Commercial National Bank is held by the business public 
and private citizen. 

The bank building is a handsome and elegantly fitted-up structure of brick, with 
a Medina stone front, and all the necessary accessories of vaults, etc., to secure the 
safe retention of its funds. Its oflBcers and stockholders are well-known and prom- 
inent business men, whose names are a synonym for integrity and financial responsi- 
bility. President Atkinson is a leading and prominent citizen who controls large private 
interests; Vice-President Reynolds is also president of the Rochester Savings Bank, 
and was the first white child born in this city, and Cashier Huntington is a gentleman 
of long experience in the banking business, a natiV^e of this State, and has resided in 
this city since early infancy. 



E. R. ANDREWS, 



Jjaw Blank Publisher, Printer and Book Binder— STo. 1 Aqueduct Street. 

Rochester is rich in printing houses, but contains none that can excel in the 
quality of its work and the magnitude of its trade the subject of this sketch, the well 
and widely known house of E. R. Andrews, publisher and printer. Mr. Andrews 
stands at the head of the printing interest in the city, having commenced business 
in 1854, and it has grown to its present large dimensions under his fostering care and 
assiduity. The name is familiar and the goods with which it is identified'are held in 
high estimation all over the State of New York, from every portion of which the firm 
draw a ready trade. Their attention is chiefly devoted to the manufacture of blank 
books of the first quality, of which a large and varied stock is always held. The 
house has acquired, by purchase, the right of manufacture of Brouson's Removable 
Cover Blank Book. This is an ingenious contrivance, of special value to book-keepers, 
by which the book opens out flat upon any page, entirely dispensing with the old 
time cumbersome methods of clamps and weights. These books cost but little more 
than the orthodox style at first, and 15 per cent is saved upon subsequent orders so long 
as the covers last. The Bronson removable cover is fast gaining in favor with the 
business community and promises to come into general use at no very distant date. 
Large orders are executed for job printing (particularly for the city) and book-bind- 
ing, in which the long standing of the house guarantees its proficiency. Every variety 
of typography is promptly executed in the very best style, the extensive business of 
the house and the exceptional facilities afforded by their very fine and complete 
plant enabling them to give their customers advantages in the way of moderate 
rates and superior workmanship, from allowing which less important concerns are 
debarred. Upward of one himdred men are employed in the large five-storied stone 
structure at No. 1 Aqueduct street, which is supplemented by a floor in the Bee Hive 
building. The premises are the best appointed of any in their line in the city, and 
contain all the most modern styles of printing and binding machinery. The 
prominence of Mr. Andrews as a citizen is only equalled by his reputation as a 
fioixnd and successful man of business. 



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95 



THE WOODBURY ENGINE CO. 



Henry H. Pryor. President and llanager: Jas. E. Booth. "Viee-President : W. 
A. Montgomery, Secretary and Treasurer; W. J. Creelman, Mechanical 
Engineer — Manufacturers of {Stationary Steam Engines and Boilers — 
Kos. S54, S50. -i^H and 260 Mill St. 




In the present age of machinery there is a vast demand for eugiues and boileis, 
wherewith the various utilizations of machine-power may receive motion. Of houses 
devoted to the productiou of the articles specified there are large numbers, but the 
largest house in Western New York, doing this exclusive business, is that of the 
Woodbury Engine Company, whose large factory is situated at Nos. 254, 256, 258 and 
260 Mill street. 

This enterprise is peculiarly a Rochester concern, and one whose growth and pro- 
gress has not alone conferred material benefit upon the city but has also tended to 
enhance her reputation as an eligible and successful manufacturing center in the 
inumerable places where the stationary engines and boilers made by this firm have 
been sent. The house was established in 1850 by Mr. D. A. Woodbury, who subse- 
quently admitted Messrs. Booth and Pryor to partnership, the firm name becoming 
Woodbury, Booth and Pryor. This firm was succeeded by the Woodbury Engine 
Company at the time of its incorporation oa January 6, 1885, with the following officers: 
Henry H. Pryor, president and manager ; James E. Booth, vice-president ; W. A. 
Montgomery, secretary and treasurer, and W. J. Creelman, mechanical engineer. The 
capital stock is $115,000, paid up. 

The general manufactures of the Woodbury Engine Company are stationary 
steam engines and boilers ; which comprehend the slide-valve, medium-speed, auto- 
matic engines, and high-speed automatic engines of from eight to two hundred and fifty 
horse-power; also horizontal stationary tubular steam boilers. The engines of this 
company have also enjoyed an excellent reputation, and are in use all over the 
country. As an evidence of the high standard reputation that the engines of this 
company have, it may be cited that the first engine for the first tiouring-mill in Japan 
was built by them. Being among the oldest manufacturers in New York, they have 



'96 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

become known everywhere and have an achieved reputation that they are determined 
to maintain and augment, if possible. 

Their works cover over an acre of ground and are very compact and well arranged. 
They consist of a main building, built of stone, three stories high ; a stone boiler-shop 
two stories high; foundry, blacksmith shop, etc., etc., wherein are empToyed one hun- 
dred and thirty workmen. These works also contain a varied assortment of special 
machinery for finishing, drilling, etc., in addition to the other comprehensive lines 
of iron-working machinery. 

L. ADLER BROS. & CO., 



Manufacturers and Jobbers of Youths,' Boys' and t'hildren's Clothing— ^'os. 9^ 
and »4 ^orth St. Paul >>tt. : Xew York Ofliee and Salesroom. Xo. 5i Bond St.: 
Boston Oltiee. I nited States Hotel. 

A prominent leader in the clothing trade of Rochester, and of the country, is the 
famous house of L. Adler Bros. & Co., who established themselves here in 1868, the 
present style being adopted in 1883. The firm is composed of Messrs. L. A. and S. 
Adler, experienced clothing men, natives of Germany, and well and favorably known 
to the trade. 

The house owns and occiipies the great six-story and basement building, Nos. 92 
and 94 North St. Paul street, 38 feet front by 160 feet deep, and is doing a very large 
and prosperous business, requiring the maintenance of extensive offices and sales- 
rooms at No. 2 Bond street, New York city, their trade covering, territorially, all of 
the Eastern, Middle and Western States, and their sales aggregating $1,000,000 annually. 
They import vast quantities of fabrics and manufacture all classes of clothing 
for youths, boys and children, but make a specialty of the finer grades. 

The factory building here is an immense affair, as may be supposed, and is con- 
veniently arranged for the prosecution of manufacturing on a large scale. The 
basement, reserved for shipping purposes and boiler and engine, is a feature of the 
establishment. On the ground floor are the office and the cutting-room, the latter 
fitted up with a valuable plant of ingenious machinery. The second floor is set 
apart for the storage of great quantities of piece goods; the third floor for sample and 
salesrooms, and the fourth, fifth and sixth for storage of stock. Including clerks, 
salesmen, cutters, porters and operatives, one thousand people are employed. 

This firm is enrolled with the Chamber of Commerce and is active in the manage- 
ment of said body. 

WILE, STERN & CO.,' 



Manufacturers and Jobbers of Clothing— Xo. 116 Mill St. 

The establishment of this conspicuous and influential house dates back to 1844, 
when Messrs. Greentree & Wile began the manufacture of clothing on a small scale 
here in Rochester. Since then the concern has undergone various mutations and 
changes of location and style, the present firm, composed of J. M. Wile, S. Stern and 
I. Wile, being organized in 1877. All of these gentlemen are natives of Rochester, 
bred to the trade from boyhood. Mr. Joseph Wile, of the original firm, still resides 
here, and is to this day interested in the house, which is conducted by his sons and 
son-in-law. 

The warehouse and factory of Wile, Stern & Co., located at No. 116 Mill street, is a 
very handsome six-story building, 25x125 feet. The first floor is devoted to office, 
counting-room and cutting department, the latter fitted up with the latest improve- 
ments in appropriate machinery, driven by steam power. An immense stock of piece 
goods, in all desirable fabrics, is also stored on this floor. The upper stories are 
utilized for sample and salesrooms and the storage of manufactured stock, and a fine 
elevator makes access easy to any department. 

The firm purchase from home and foreign markets great quantities of choice 
woolens, trimmings, etc., for their own use, and manufacture complete lines of cloth- 
ing for men's, youths', boys' and children's wear, in all grades and sizes, stylish, 
serviceable, tasty and salable. They employ, including clerks, salesmen, operatives, 
porters and assistants generally, about 350 people, and do a business of the first-class 
with the trade at large throughout the Eastern, Middle and Western States. 



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97 



SIBLEY, LINDSAY & CURR, 



Wholesale and Retail I>iy <.lf»ocls— Xos. 134. 13« and 138 East Main St., and 
«. H and 10 IVorth St. Paul St. 




The commercial center and base of supplies of a vast and wealthy region, embrac- 
dng a large portion of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, Rochester is necessarily a 
leading market for textile fabrics and all the paraphernalia that go to clothe and adorn 
the " human form divine " and otherwise contribute to its comfort. It is not surpris- 
ing, therefore, that we find here several establishments devoted to this class of trade 
which for extent and standing are scarcely excelled even in the larger Eastern and 
Western cities. Probably the most conspicuous of these is the great wholesale and 
retail dry goods house of Sibley, Lindsay & Curr, Nos. 134,136 and 138 East Main, and 
6, 8 and 10 North St. Paul streets. 

This truly magnificent dry goods house occupies a great five-story L-shaped brick 
•building, of considerable architectural pretensions, fronting 54 feet on Main street 
■with a depth of 160 feet, and 44 feet on St. Paul street with a depth of 75 feet. The 
Main street ground floor is the retail department, and is thronged from morn to eve, 
three hundred days in the year, with the beauty and fashion of Rochester and vicinity, 
and fastidious indeed must be the fair one whose taste or fancy fails of gratification 
in this department. All of the upper floors are devoted to the wholesale trade, while 
the basement, 44x154 feet, extending under the entire structure, is used for the stor- 
age of heavy goods and for packing and shipping purposes. 

On the ground floor, 44x75 feet, are the otfices and sample-rooms of the wholesale 
department, always more or less crowded with buyers. Each of the floors above, 
44x154 feet, is devoted to some particular class of goods, thus: On the second floor we 
find apparently inexhaustible Hues of upholstery goods, cloaks, shawls and millinery; 
•on the third, a correspondingly lavish display of silks, velvets, dress goods', and more 
■upholstery, shawls and cloaks; on the fourth, vast quantities of hosiery, underwear. 



^8 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTEB. 

gentlemens' fnrnishiug goods, gloves, corsets, umbrellas, parasols, etc.; and on the- 
fifth endless lines of Yankee notions, dress trimmings, fancy goods, embroideries^ 
laces and other odds and ends, more easily seen than described. 

It seems wonderful that a business requiring such vast quarters for its accommoda- 
tion should have been built up within a period of twenty years, yet it is so. Messrs. 
R. A. Sibley, A. M. Lindsay and John Cnrr laid the foundations of the house in the 
spring of 1868, when they established themselves here on a comparatively insignificant 
scale, controlling -1,000 square feet of floor space, employing fifteen people, and each 
of the partners working early and late. But they succeeded, and within a few years 
had doubled the capacity of their retail salesroom by annexing the store adjoining 
them on the east and deepening the basements of both. About 1875 they again en- 
larged their premises, and the same year admitted to partnership Messrs. Robert 
Liddle and Thomas S. Johnson. From that time to the present the progress of the 
house has never halted, and at this writing they occupy some 53,000 square feet of 
floor space, maintain purchasing agencies in New York, Manchester, Paris and 
Chemnitz (for they are heavy importers); have a flourishing trade extending all over 
Western New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, and handle 
millions of dollars worth of goods annually. The firm were the first to introduce the 
cash traveler system, comprising balls running on a tramway, and recently have been 
the first to introduce the new system of cash travelers, consisting of email cars 
running on a railway and operated by the "grip" and cable system, which has not 
alone proved a pronounced success, but a source of admiration to the many frequent- 
ers of the store, from the novelty and efficiency of the new method, and also as a testi- 
monial to the enterprise of the house of Sibley, Lindsay & Curr. 



F. L. HEUGHES & CO., 



Klaiinfactiirers of Building Fronts. Columns, £iintels. 4]^ii-«lei-s. Sills, Cornices, 
Fenoes, Crestinjss. Balconies. IVindoAV Caps. Hitcliins Posts. Cauldron 
Kettles, [and all Kinds of Iron Castings — Fireproof Construction and 
Jobbing a Specialty— Xo.', 190 Soutli St. Paul St. 

The use of iron in architecture seems a necessity of the times which there is no 
way of evading, and which becomes more urgent with each passing year, for reasons 
which will readily suggest themselves ^ to those who give the subject any thought — 
among them the growing scarcity of the better grades of timber, and the greater con- 
venience, strength, durability and adaptability of iron. 

Among the first to perceive the advantages of this material for the purposes named 
was Mr. W. H. Cheney, who established in 1848, at Nos. 190 to 200 South St. Paul 
street, the pioneer Western New York architectural iron works, which he successfully 
managed for thirty-two years, and was succeeded in 1880 by Messrs. Little & Rowe. 
In 1883 Mr. F. L. Heughes became associated with the firm under the name of Little, 
Heughes & Rowe, and in 1885 Mr. Rowe retired, when the style became Little & 
Heughes, and in 1888 the present style, which now comprises F. L. Heughes and J. 
Peiflfer. The works, now the most extensive of the kind in this end of the State, with 
a single exception, are 86 feet front, 175 feet deep, and three stories in height, provided 
with a 20-horse-power engine and a complete equipment of first-class machinery, and 
employ fifty men, manufacturing most of the iron building fronts, columns, lintels, 
girders, sills and similar architectural materials used in Rochester and surrounding 
towns to a considerable distance. The work done here is invariably of superior quality 
and in high repute with architects, builders and property owners. 

Mr. Heughes, the senior member, is a native of Rochester, a practical and enter- 
prising business man, popular and respected. The junior partner, Mr. Peiffer, is a 
practical, experienced man, and for sixteen years past was employed by the various firms 
as foreman. Their work may be seen all over the city, notably in the Powers Hotel, 
the Wilder building, German Insurance building. North Water Street iron viaduct, 
Hygenic Institute at Danville, and very many others. As the firm is one of the largest 
contractors for iron work in Western New York, they have a warehouse where they 
carry an immense stock of rolled beams, columns, riveted plate girders and similar 
materials for the convenience of the trade and all concerned. In this connection 
it may be remarked that the firm make fire-proof construction a specialty, wherein 
they have achieved remarkable success. 



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99 



W. H. GLENNY & CO. 




TRADE MAKK, 



iiJeorse B. Watkius. Manager— Importers and Jobbers of C'roekery. C liina 
and <plass. Art Pottery, Kerosene <'han«leliers, L<ami>s and Trimmings. 
Cloeks. Plated and Sterling Silverware, ete, — Xos. 190, 19*, 194 Kast 
Main Street. 

Much of the good fortune of this 
world is certainly reasonably attrib- 
utable to accident, and the estab- 
lishment of this magnificent house, 
which ranks among the trade pal- 
aces of the Flower City, had its or- 
igin in a double accident-the failure 
of a customer of Messrs. Glenny & Co. and the 
business capacity of the gentleman sent here 
to dispose of the stock thus thrown upon their 
hands. This failure occurred in 1876, and Mr. 
George B. Watkins came here to dispose of the 
small stock of goods of the bankrupt debtor. 
This he did so successfully that new goods 
were added from time to time, and thus the 
embryo of the present great house was formed. 
The Rochester house was opened on October 
10, 1878, and at present occupies the building 
Nos. 190, 192, 194 East Main street, a superb 
six-story brown stone front, 33x160 feet, with 
basement, afibrding nearly 37,000 square feet 
of floor space, which is conveniently arranged 
and divided into various departments. The 
various floors are connected by broad and 
massive stairways and by elevators. 

When erecting this building the firm real- 
ized that they were building far ahead of the 
needs of Rochester at that time; but they had 
faith enough in the rapidly approaching great 
future of the city to believe it only a matter of 
a short time until such an establishment would -■ 
be a necessity. That such prophetic ideas I 
were correct has been demonstrated by the | 
fact that in less than three years they have 
been obliged to increase the accommodation of 
the retail department nearly three-fold. A 
great factor in their success has been their 

commendable enterprise in placing before cus- 

tomers a better class of goods than had ever '""" 

been placed on sale in Rochester; their motto invariably being " the latest produc- 
tions of the best manufacturers," and we are glad to state that this enterprise has 
been thoroughly appreciated by the people of Rochester. 

On entering the handsome doors and passing the magnificent plate-glass show 
windows on either side, filled with choicest bric-a-brac and costly articles of vertu 
and luxurious use, the visitor finds himself in the retail department — a palatial bazar 
of china, cut-glass, porcelain, etc., etc., whose splendor fairly dazzles and bewilders 
him. On every hand is an article whose costly beauty and rich design makes it a gem 
of its kind, yet interspersed amid these chef d'ceuvres are beautiful wares whose 
price places them within the reach of editors and others in moderate circumstances. 
Making a tour of this. floor, the progress of the visitor is pleasingly impeded and de- 
layed by new beauties in silver, plated goods, china, cut glass, glassware, rare crock- 
ery, brass goods of every description, artistic wrought-iron work that might have 
been made by the master hand of Quentin Matsys, lamps, clocks, chandeliers and a 
thousand other lovely and useful things that challenge his admiration, powerfully 
appeal to his taste and threaten his pocket-book with utter collapse, as he wants them 
all and can hardly choose between the delicate and charming wares whereby he is 
surrounded. 

Ascending to the second floor we find the wholesale sample department, occupying a 




100 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



portion of the room there, the remaining area being set apart for the dinner-set de- 
partment, and here are to be seen the most magnificent articles in that line for wed- 
ding gifts or for art displays ever shown in this country. This honse is Western New 
York headquarters for the Gorham Manufacturing Company's sterling silver goods, 
and it would be difficult to imagine a more brilliant or attractive display than is here 
presented. 

The third and fourth floors are set apart for packing, shipping, and open stock, 
while the fifth and sixth floors are utilized for storage purposes — the basement being 
set apart for the more ordinary wares for household use, brilliantly lighted by the 
incandescent light, and where are shown a splendid line of all descriptions of the 
•cheaper lines of household and domestic crockery, etc. — a pretty sure indication of 
the volume of business transacted being the fact that the services of thirty people 
are constantly required. Another sign that unerringly points to the prosperous con- 
dition and great wealth of Western New York is the fact that the great bulk of the 
sales are made to the trade and consumers residing in or near Rochester. 

Every floor of this large and handsome building is flooded with light, admitted 
through a glass roof and a great well, extending from top to bottom. And upon 
•every floor of this building, also, will be found courteous and attentive sales- 
men, anxious to show the goods in the house to either a customer or a visitor. 
Hence strangers in the city are always advised to visit the store or are personally 
introduced.to Mr. Watkins, and as all are treated with the same unvarying courtesy 
and attention, the visitors leave with the most pleasant impression of the manage- 
ment and admiration of the beautiful exhibition to which they have been treated. 

This has been the consistent and far-sighted business policy of Mr. Watkins. 
Young, ambitious to excel, polite and a thorough man of business, it needed just such 
a man of his tact and urbanity to build up this splendid trade from such an un- 
fortuitous inception. Mr. Watkins is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of this 
city. 

WILLIAM L. INGRAHAM, 




Manufacturer of ^Villowware and Yl'ooden <;^oods— Kedzie Patent ^Vater 
Filters-Xo. 78 West Main St. 

One of the wonderful things in connection with manufactures 
and commerce is the extraordinary growth, within recent years, of 
the wooden and willowware trade. It seems but a little while 
since the carpenter shop and the humble basket-maker, who occu- 
pied a hut near some ozier-grown stream, supplied all the wants 
of the household for these goods and made little or no profit from 
them, whereas now we find great factories, provided with in- 
genious and costly machinery, employing hundreds of well-paid 
operatives, and involving vast outlay of capital, busy year in and 
year out filling orders. The wonder is where they all find a 
market — what creates the demand — and it can only be explained 
,on the assumption that whenever anything useful is made and 
*put within reach, buyers will be found. 

One of the most celebrated manufacturers of the goods above 
referred to is Mr. W. L. Ingraham, a native of Maine, for thirty -five or more years a 
resident of Rochester, and a substantial and respected citizen. Eighteen years ago — 
in 1870 — Mr. Ingraham embarked in the manufacture of filters, and as dealer in 
wooden and willow goods of every description. Making quality rather than quantity 
his first object, he pushed steadily forward, conquering one difficulty after another, 
until to-day he stands in the front rank, does a large and growing business, and is 
favorably known to the trade throughout the United States for the superior workman- 
ship of his wares, which embrace everything in his line for which sale can be found — 
clothes baskets, hampers, dinner baskets, market baskets, fancy baskets, traveling 
lunch baskets, barrel covers, cheese safes, churns, clothes bars, ironing boards, folding 
benches, tubs, keelers, mops, pails, brooms, etc., together with ladders of all kinds 
and sizes. One of his leading specialties, popular wherever known, is the Kedzie 
water filter — an unrivaled and cheap device for purifying water for all purposes. It 
is made in sizes from two to four gallons, and prices $9 to $15, and possesses so many 
important advantages over all others that no well-to-do family can afford to do with- 
out it. Circulars and full particulars mailed free. 



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101 



HOLLISTER LUMBER CO. (Limited). 



Granger A. Hollister, President: George €'. Ilollister. Viee-President : H. C 
I>urand. Treafiiirer: Edward I. MePhail. Seeretary— Wholesale and Retail 
Dealers in liumber— Xo. lOG Xortli Goodman and IH.i Exchange Sts. 




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iiii..mmiiimmii ii i i n i ii ii i i iiiiiiii tm 



The Hollister Lumber Compauy, though incorporated oujy last January, wiih ti 
paid-up capital stock of $100,000, has a history, at least in its antecedents, well worth 
the telling. As long ago as 1832 — fifty-sis years — Dwyer and HoUister estabUshed a 
small lumber yard at No. 103 Exchange street. Mr. Dwyer retired in 1835, where- 
upon Mr. George A. HoUister became sole proprietor, and so continued until 1848, 
when the style became HoUister & Churchill, this firm afterward becoming 
Hollister, Brouson & Churchill. Mr. HoUister was succeeded in 1858 by his son, E. 
H. Hollister, who died in 1871, his sons. Granger A. and George C. Hollister, becoming 
sole proprietors under the style of Hollister Bros. In 1885 these gentlemen found it 
necessary, in order to meet the demands of a vastly increased business, to purchase 
land and remove their principal office to No. 106 North Goodman street, having 
previously bought a large planing mill and yards at Tonawanda. In order to 
accelerate the operations of the firm, the company was finally organized as before 
related, with the brothers Hollister as president and vice-president, ably supported 
by Messrs. H. C. Durand and Edward I. McPhail in the positions of treasurer and 
secretary respectively. The plant at Tonawanda is still owned and operated by 
Messrs. Hollister Bros., independently of the Hollister Liimber Company. 

The principal offices of both company and firm are at the same place. No. 106 
North Goodman street, where the compauy owns seven and a-half acres of piling 
ground, provided with immense sheds for the storage of dressed lumber, two of which 
sheds are 50x310 and 40x150 feet respectively. The office building, neat, commodious 
and handsomely appointed, is entirely new and provided with every possible con- 
venience. The company still retains an office at the old locality on Exchange street 
for the accommodation of the retail trade, and employs thirty men in this city and 
handles a large quantity of lumber annually, including all grades of pine, hardwood, 
lath, shingles and dressed and manufactured stuflf for builders, all of which is dis- 
posed of to the trade of Rochester and vicinity. 

All connected with the company are natives of the Flower City, successful and 
public-spirited business men, influential members of the Chamber of Commerce, and 
respected citizens. Messrs. Hollister Bros, are also officers and directors of the L. A. 
Kelsey Lumber Company (limited"), of Tonawanda, dealers in hardwood lumber ex- 
clusively. These gentlemen handle some 50,000,000 feet of lumber annually in the 
three firms with which they are connected. 



102 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



HENRY LIKLY & CO. 



Henry liilil.v and M'. 1>. C'allister — Trunk Manufacturers, l«o. 96 State St. 
Factory, Ko. 340 l.yell Ave. 




'^' In a work upou the vast manufacturing interests of this city an unpardonable 
omission would be to have this popular industry iinrepresented. Established in 
1844, this enterprise has grown until now it is the largest factory of its kind in New 
York State, and certainly has no superior anywhere in the articles which are manu- 
factured by it. 

The factory is situated at No. 340 Lyell avenue, and the vast and commodious 
buildings and accessories of this firm there cover two acres of land. The main build- 
ing is 100x80 feet, four stories high, and there are about 60,000 square feet of floor 
space devoted exclusively to manufacturing purposes. In the factory are ninety 
operatives employed and an excellent line of special wood-working machinery made 
serviceable, and the latter part of the qualifications of the enterprise have made it 
noted for possessiog the most complete and best equipped plant in the United States. 
Each floor of the factory is devoted to its special work — the first floor being where 
the lumber is sawed and prepared; the second floor is the wood- working shop and 
the box shop, where the frames of the trunks are made; the third floor is utilized as 
the trimming, completing and finishing room. Among other large quantities of raw 
material the firm use annually upward of one million feet of lumber in their factory, 
and turn out over thirty thousand trunks yearly, which find a ready sale in all 
parts of the United States. 

? Tlie grade of goods manufactured by this firm have a standard reputation, as may 
be readily understood when it is known that they export large quantities of slats and 
parts of trunks that can be compactly packed to all parts of Europe. Both members 
of the firm are thoroughly experienced and skilled in the business wherein they are 
engaged, and it is acknowledged by all dealers that the trunks, etc., made by this 
firm are the best manufactured. They make all kinds of traveling and packing 
trunks, but make a specialty of sample and theatrical trunks, and trunks of the finer 
grades of workmanship and material. Their leading specialty is a canvas-covered 
leather trunk, in all sizes, bound with bronze trimmings, combining lightness, great 
strength and long serviceability together with a very handsome appearance. The 
firm maintain a large and well-stocked retail store at No. 96 State street, for the con- 
venience of the city and vicinity trade. 

Henry Likly is an esteemed and well-known citizen alike in his personal and com- 
mercial relations, and is a prominent man in every movement tending to the advance- 
ment of the city or the promotion of the welfare of its inhabitants. 



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103 



D. LEAHY'S 



$!>teani Dyeiiija: and Cleansing: Establishment— Hill ^t.. Corner Piatt. 




The career of Mr. D. Leary presents a striking example of what may be accom- 
plished by steadiness of ptirpose, unswerving fidelity and untiring industry. Away 
back in 1822 Mr. Francis Peacock established the pioneer dyeing and scouring con- 
cern of Rochester oil State street, removing to Mill and Piatt streets in 1828. In 1837 
Mr. Leary entered Mr. Peacock's service as an apprentice. Hard-working and eco- 
nomical, he wrought faithfully as apprentice and journeyman until Mr. Peacock's 
death in 1842, when he purchased the plant and good will. Seven years later— in 
1849 — fire destroyed the building and contents, but, nothing dismayed, he rebuilt at 
once on a larger scale, and from that time to the present has enjoyed uninterrupted 
prosperity. A.t this time the premises consist of the main building, two and a half 
stories, 20x42 feet, and a two-story annex in rear, 30x49 feet, the whole fitted up in 
the most approved style with a 30-horse power engine and all requisite machinery 
and accessories. Twenty-four men and women are employed, and Mr. Leary does a 
large and flourishing business, making a specialty of dyeing garments pf all kintis, 
but especinlly in silk and wool, after the latest and most approved modern methods. 
He also gives careful attention to the cleansing and renovating of all goods sent him 
for that purpose, and personally superintends every department of his business. His 
trade extends throughout this and adjoining States, and many of the best people of the 
country are his regular customers. He employs no agents. Crape, broche, cash- 
mere and plaid shawls and all bright colored silks and merinos cleansed without in- 
jury to the colors ; ladies' and gentlemen's woolen garments cleansed or colored 
without ripping and pressed uioely; feathers and kid gloves cleaned or dyed; silk, 
woolen or cotton goods of every description dyed all colors and finished with neatness 
and dispatch on very reasonable terms; goods dyed black every Tuesday, Thursday 
and Friday; goods returned in one week; goods received and returned by express; 
bills collected by express company. 

It is an every-day occurrence for him to receive work from different sections of 
the country by mail or express, and he has good reason for thinking that he has the 
best run of custom of any establishment in the State outside the city of New York. 

Mr. Leary still adheres to the old-time custom of making his own chemical com- 
positions, and attributes his ability to produce the superior work which he does to 
this fact. Besides the work he does for a long list of private customers, he does an 



104 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

extensive trade iu merchants' work. While he makes a speoialty of laces, he also 
does everything iu the dyeing line. His sons, Mr. Edward B., general superintendent, 
and Mr. D. M., superintendent of the dyeing department, will succeed to the proprie- 
torship in time and continue to conduct the business in the same honorable way their 
father did before them. Personally, all these gentlemen are courteous and agreeable, 
and eminently deserving of the signal success and the reputation which they have 
justly won for this establishment — that of the " Old Eesponsible." 



H. BREWSTER & CO. 



"Wholesale t-rocers— Xos. 15, 17 and lO X<»rth W^ater St. 

Conspicuous among the old established business houses of Rochester is the lead- 
ing wholesale grocery of H. Brewster & Co., founded in 1853 and first located at No- 
72 East Main street. As at present composed the firm consists of Messrs. Stephen 
Remington, James McTaggart and Stanley D. Remington, Mr. Brewster having died 
many years ago. The elder Mr. Remington was the junior member of the original 
firm; Stanley D. Remington is his son, and Mr. McTaggart has been with the house 
since his eighth year, acquiring a copartnership interest in 1868. The younger Mr. 
Remington was admitted in 1882, and in 1886 the concern removed to the premises 
now occupied — the commodious four story brick building Nos. 15, 17 and 19 Xorth 
Water street, 45x90 feet, with sub-basement, handsomely and conveniently appointed 
throughout, provided with elevator and the usual modern accessories, and one of the 
most desirable business locations in Rochester. It is scarcely necessary to particu- 
larize concerning the stock carried, save to state that it comprises full lines of all 
goods for which there is any demand — staple and fancy groceries, grocers' sundries, 
shelf and canned goods, manufactured tobaccos, teas, spices, etc. — all of the choicest 
selections, fresh, new and salable. Moderate prices and prompt attention to orders is 
the motto. 

It is just forty years since Mr. Stephen Remington, a native of New York State, 
commenced clerking in a Rochester grocery house, and no citizen enjoys a greater 
share of the respect of all classes than he. All of the members of the firm are active 
members of the Chamber of Commerce, and ever among the foremost iu giving aid 
and encouragement to every movement that promises well for the public good. All 
of the members of the firm have been connected with the grocery business for a long 
time, and have been not alone the architects of their own fortunes but of the old and 
well-known houee. 

LEICESTER SALT WORKS. 



"\V. H. Benjamin, Proprietor— Mannfactnrer of Fine Dairy and Coarse Packing 
jjialt— S. lewis, Superintendent; Cuylersville. X. Y.— Principal Office, Xo. 
«7 M'est Main St., Rochester. 

The fame of the Leicester salt works, Cuylersville, N. Y., is so well established as 
to scarcely require more than passing reference in this place. These were among the 
first salt works to adopt what is known as the "small pan" system of evaporation, 
thus producing the finest and purest grades of salt for dairy purposes and the 
strongest coarse salt for the use of meat, fish and pickle packers. The capacity of 
these works is three hundred barrels of all grades daily, which is eagerly sought by 
the trade and consumers throughout Western New York and adjoining portions of 
Pennsylvania. Mr. S. Lewis, an experienced and thoroughly competent scientific 
salt maniifacturer, has immediate charge of the works, the capacity of which and the 
excellence of the product will always keep pace with the demand. 

Mr. W. H. Benjamin, the owner and operator, has his principal office at No. 67 
West Main street, Rochester, of which city he has been a resident for the past half 
century. From this oflfice he controls the entire business of the works — output, sales 
and finances. He is also an extensive dealer in coal of all kinds, and his yards at 
Lincoln park, adjoining the Buffalo, Rochester & Philadelphia railroad tracks, are 
among the best patronized in the city. 



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MICHAELS, STERN & CO., 



IVliolesale Manutaeturers anrt Jobbers of €lothiu«j^— Xom. S6 and 88 Worth St. 
Paul St.: Xo. 70?J Bruadway. Xew York. 

Rochester has long been noted as a clothiuer manufacturing center, and is con- 
stantly adding to her prestige in that branch of industry. Mr. H. Michaels is one of 
the pioneers, having established himself here in a modest way as long ago as 1849. 
By close attention to business he was enabled to gradually widen his market and 
increase his facilities, and finally in 1873, his sons J. and M., having arrived at man's 
estate, were admitted to copartnership, as was also Mr. M. A. Stern, and the style 
as it now stands — Michaels, Stern & Co. — was adopted. 

The house does a very extensive business, requiring for its accommodation the 
entire six-story and basement brick building Nos. 86 and 88 North St. Paul street, 
besides two adjoining floors— one at No. 82 nnd one at No. 84. The firm's own 
building is 40 feet front by 115 feet deep, thna affording of itself 32,200 square feet of 
floor space, or three-fourths of an acre. Provided with elevators, each floor is 
practically as convenient for all purposes as any other, but they are set apart as 
departments, nevertheless, as follows : Basement, storage of packing cases, lumber, 
etc., and furnace, boiler and engine-room; first floor, offices, cutting and trimming 
department; second floor, pants manufacturing and billing department; third floor, 
boys' clothing sample rooms; fourth and fifth floors, men's clothing; sixth floor, 
storage and inspection of piece goods; floor at No. 84, summer goods; floor at No. 82, 
overcoats and piece goods. A branch house is also conducted by the firm, under 
the management of Mr. R. Lichtenstein, at No 702 Broadway, New York city. 

Messrs. Michaels, Stern & Co. are manufacturers and jobbers for the trade 
exclusively, and supply dealers throughout the Eastern, Middle and Western States. 
Some idea of the volume of their sales may be extracted from the statement that they 
give constant employment to about two thousand work people. Their specialties 
embrace full lines of men's, youths' and boys' clothing in the latest styles, correct in 
fit, material, workmanship and finish, including seasonable wear from seersucker, 
alpaca and mohair summer suits to the heaviest and costliest overcoats for winter, 
in all grades and at prices to match. 

All of the firm are active members, and the elder Mr. Michaels is third vice-pres- 
ident of the flourishing new Chamber of Commerce and president of the Empire States 
Insurance Company. 



FRANKFORT MILLS. 




^BCfl 



J. R. Smith and W. S. Sherman, Proprietors— II anufacturers of Choice Fam- 
ily and Bakers' Flour— Brown's Raee. 

Although Minneapolis has the largest milling 
'interest in the Union, yet the magnitude of any 
production by no means implies the manufac- 
ture of the best article. And in this city a 
flour is produced fully equal to the best brands 
of Minneapolis roller-process flour. The manu- 
facturers of this excellent staple are Messrs. 
Smith & Sherman, proprietors of the Frankfort 
Mills, which were established by the present owners some ten years since. The mills 
comprise a commodious stone building, four stories in the front and six in the rear, 
and have the dimensions of 40x100 feet. Therein are utilized the services of 12 
expert millers, and the latest improved roller process machinery employed, the 
capacity of the mills being 200 barrels of flour daily, and this capacity is taxed to the 
utmost to keep the orders filled that are constantly received. The output comprises 
standard brands of choice family and bakers' flour, and the sales are made principally 
in this city and the Eastern States. 

Both the members of this firm are citizens of Rochester, and have materially con- 
tributed to the welfare and prosperity of the city by their business enterprise and' 
personal progressiveness. 



106 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



CHAPPEL, CHASE, MAXWELL & CO. 



C W^ill. Chappel, Benjamin E. Chase, John P. Tattle. John Max^vell— Manu- 
faeturers of Casketis an<l Undertakers' Supplies— Factory, Oneida, X. Y.; 
Office and Salesrooms. Xos. 131 and 133 State St. 

The industry referred to in our caption should 
be of interest to all, for very few of us can escape 
paying- tribiite to it eventually, willingly or un- 
willingly. The time has passed by when the 
casket and paraphernalia for each funeral was 
made ready after the death of the individual — 
when every cabinet-maker was also a coffiu- 
maker, and carried a limited supply of lumber 
and trimmings for hie own trade, addingr to his 
other functions that of undertaker in emergen- 
cies. Such emergencies seldom arise now — 
never m the older communities, each of which 
boasts one or more professional funeral direct- 
ors, who take upon themselves all of the arrange- 
ments and responsibilities of the proper inter- 
ment of the dead, thus relieving sorrowing 
friends of much that is disagreeable, and from 
which they naturally shrink. The undertaker 
himself, however, never makes the coffins he 
uses. He occasionally does a little in the way of 
trimming, but usually when his stock does not 
contain what is required, telegraphs to the 
nearest manufacturer, giving style, size, etc., 
and the article is invariably delivered in ample 
time for use, tastefully trimmed and made ready 
by experienced and skillful hands. 

Few persons have any conception of the mag- 
nitude to which the trade in caskets, coffins and 
funeral supplies has grown of late years. Im- 
mense factories are found in various portions 
of the United States, where hundreds of trained 
operatives are employed and vast numbers of 
funeral equipments manufactured in every con- 
ceivable style, from the richest and costliest to 
the plainest and cheapest, to meet the require- 
ments and resources of all classes. One of the 
largest and most noted of these establishments 
is that of Chappel, Chase, Maxwell & Co., situ- 
ated at Oneida, N. Y., with warerooms and office 
at Nos. 131 and 183 State street, Rochester. 
The working plant at Oneida, with appurtenan- 
ces, covers live acres of ground, and has been 
twice enlarged within a few years to meet the 
increasing demands of the trade. The buildings 
are very large, built in the most substantial 
manner of brick, and fitted up with all requisites, 
including improved wood and metal-working 
machinery, sewing machines, and numerous 
labor-saving appliances peculiar to the busi- 
ness, elevators, individual incandescent electric 
light plant, etc., all run by three powerful steam 
engines. Three hundred people are employed 
here, and the output, the best that ample resour- 
ces and facilities can produce, is handled by the 
trade in every State of the Union, all over the 
Canadas, in Mexico, Central and South America 
and the West Indies. 

The Rochester branch is devoted exclusively 
to sales and the storing of stock. The building 




THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



107 



s a fine one, four stories, 40x100 feet, provided with elevator. On the first floor are 
the office and salesroom, on the second the sample room, and the third and fourth 
are utilized for the storage of assorted grades, sizes, etc., of caskets, coffins, under- 
takers' furniture, and furnishings and trimmings, of which latter one of the finest and 
most varied lines in the world is constantly carried. 



THE STEIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 




Manufacturers of Cloth-iJovercd Burial t'ast's and Fine Funeral Furniture— 
<"'ornor Exelianjje and Court Sts. 

The advantages offered to 
the funeral furnishing trade 
by this city's favorable loca- 
tion with reference to trans- 
poi tation and manufacturing 
i.u'jlities are so many and 
3 obvious at the present day 
'= as scarcely to require men- 
tion ; yet it was not until 
Ml. Samuel Stein first util- 
ized these advantages, in 
1871, that any one else seems 
to have thought it prac- 
ticable. For seven years there- 
after Mr. Stein conducted 

the manufacture and sale of 

cloth-covered burial cases and fine funeral tuinitnre with results that were alike 
pleasing to himself and customers. In 1878, having built up a large and flourishing 
trade, he retired from the business and was succeeded by his sons. Some time after- 
ward Messrs. Stein organized The Stein Manufacturing Company, with the follow- 
ing officers : Leo Stein, president, Julius Stein, vice-president, and I. A. Baum, sec- 
retary and treasurer ; capital $400,000. 

The works comprise a great quadrangle of brick buildings, in the center of which 
are the stables and storage warehouses, lumber-yard, etc. One of these buildings- 
known as the old factory— is five stories in height, while the new ones are of six 
stories. The illustration presented herewith conveys a very fair idea of the old 
buildings as seen from without, which are rapidly being augmented to double the 
size, while some conception of the vast industry carried on in the interior may be 
gleaned from the following description of the factory : 

The office comprises the main entrance, and contains the departments of book- 
keeper, corresponding clerk, stenographer, recording clerk and shipping clerk, and 
the private offices of the officers of the company. From the office are systems of 
pneumatic tubes, through which written instructions or parcels can be sent with the 
utmost speed to any desired part of the building, and in case any need for telegraphic 
communication arises with the outside world, the office has direct wires to the various 
telegraph offices. We next enter the shipping room, where the complete domination 
of the master-mind is prevalent, as everywhere else. Some little idea of the perfection 
of the method employed may be gained from the fact that telegraphic orders have 
been filled within five minutes from their receipt by the placing of hundreds of 
caskets on the trains en route to their destination. One especially advantageous 
facility this house enjoys from the municipality in filling such orders is that their 
teams are allowed the same privileges as those of the fire department. 

The exhibition room comes next, and there are shown the most elegant caskets 
that excellent judgment, cultured taste, unlimited means, skillful workmanship and 
unsurpassed material can effect, the various heads of departments being granted full 
scope for the production of original and effective ideas, and it is not too much to say 
that here are found the finest specimens of funeral accessories in the world. Thence 
to the store-room, where endless piles of plushes in all required shades, and of broad- 
cloth in suitable hues are found — all the company's own importation. In the well- 
ordered stables horses are kept harnessed day and night in readiness for telegraphic 
orders, and they can be attached to the wagons and at the door of the shipping room 
at a moment's notice. Traversing the rear of the stable we arrive at the interior 



108 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

court, where are the himber-yards and kiln drying rooms, coal pits, etc., and the 
engine-room, where two splendid 100 horse-power engines furnish momentum to all 
the busy machinery throughout this mammoth factory. 

Then we descend into the vaults beneath the vast edifice. Massive stone arches 
and pillars support the superstructure, and these are utilized as store rooms for the 
inflammable varnish, oils, glues, etc., and for the superior plate glass, of which vast 
quantities are carried in stock. Emerging to daylight and the ground floor again, we 
are in the midst of the wood-workiug department, where dozens of machines and 
scores of skilled workmen are employed in preparing the lumber from the rough for 
the finishing rooms, where it is worked up into caskets made by the best professional 
casket-makers in the world. 

In the annex is the machinery employed in the manufacture of copper and zinc 
metallic caskets. This department was recently enlarged, as its facilities were in- 
adequate to the demand. The Stein Manufacturing Company originated these valu- 
able improvements, and has kept far ahead of any would-be competitor. 

Upon the first floor are the extensive and well-filled stock rooms, where are stored 
hundreds upon hundreds of all styles and sizes of caskets. Some idea of the immense 
business this company transacts can be gleaned from the fact that were the company 
to stop manufacturing for one week their huge reserve would be entirely exhausted. 
Even with their comprehensive facilities they find difiiculty in keeping up their stock. 
Then we goto the finishing department where the work is assembled and forwarded 
to the trimming and decorating department, filled with mechanics of the most cul- 
tured skill and ability, all engaged upon making their work as attractive and con- 
sistently ornamental as possible. Here, also, are a number of female employes, ex- 
perts in the manufacture of the elegant floral ribbon designs for which this company 
is celebrated. 

Ascending to the top floor, we find it likewise divided into several departments, 
including the very large photographing and developing room, which has the largest 
skylight and camera in the country. Adjoining is the finishing-room of the metallic 
casket department, where the great success of applying lustral bronze to the zinc 
metallic cases is shown us. 

In all this enormous factory there is one thing that impresses the spectator most 
forcibly, and that is the perfect and systematic organization of the whole huge enter- 
prise. The buildings throughout are heated by steam ; elevators are run by hydrau- 
lic and steam power ; every room is illuminated by the incandescent electric lighting 
system, and automatic spray and fire-extinguishing apparatus extends all over every- 
where. 

The germ of this gigantic enterprise was a lowly show-case factory established 
many years ago in this city by the elder Mr. Stein, who is still a wealthy and respected 
citizen of Rochester. Both he and the Stein Manufacturing Company are to be con- 
gratulated, for they have built up a world-wide reputation. Of the personnel of the 
officers, the president, Mr. Leo Stein, and vice-president, Mr. Julius Stein, are sons 
of the founder of the enterprise, and were born in this city and reared to a thorough 
practical knowledge of the business of which they are such distinguished representa- 
tives, and Secretary and Treasurer Banm has resided here for some twelve or thirteen 
years. Branch offices and stores are maintained at New York and Boston, and the 
monetary value of the transactions of this large house aggregate very many hundreds 
of thousands of dollars annuallv. 



JOSIAH NEWMAN, 



Rectifier and Dealer in Foreign and I>unie!^itic Liquors— Xo. 171 Front St. 

In these days of almost universal adulteration, and especially bad liquor, Roches- 
ter is to be congratulated upon having in her midst a house wliose goods may be 
implicitly relied upon as pure and of the best quality. The efPects of Mr. Newman's 
long experience in the business are to be seen in the high class of his manufactures. 
The closest attention is paid to the process, in which expert hands are engaged, and 
the utmost disorimation employed in the selection of the material used. The result 
is a production which is nowhere excelled, and but seldom equaled. In the selection 
of foreign and domestic liquors the keenest judgment is exercised with the happiest 
results. The splendid trade enjoyed by this house is due to these circumstances and 
to the conscientious conduct displayed in all its transaction?. Mr. Newman's popu- 
larity as a citizen is equaled only by the esteem in which he is held by the business 
fraternity. 



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109 



UNION BANK. 



4^ilinan H. Perkins, President: Charles C Morse. Vice-President ; A. Krickson 
Perkins, Cashier— Capital, ««00,000— Xo. 25 State St. 

Tliis prominent institution was chartered April 22, 1885, under the General Bank- 
ing Law relative to State Banks, and succeeded the private banking house of Erick- 
son, Jennings & Co., which had been instituted some years previously. The business 
transacted is that of general banking in all its branches, and it has been very success- 
ful from its inception, as the following comparative statement will readily show: 

Api'U aytii, 1885. 

BESOUKOES, 

Loans and Discounts S 38,301.91 

Bonds, 1,220.00 

Cash in Banks 247,146.67 

Cash on Hand 45,010.13 



$331,678.74 



LIABILITIES. 



Capital Stock $200,000.00 

Profits __ 673.42 

Deposits 129,51)5.67 

Due Banks 1,439.65 



$331,678.74 



March 31, 1888. 

RESOURCES. 

Loans $898,862.11 

Overdrafts 2,064.50 

Cash in Banks 64.412.89 

Cash on Hand 45,867.62 

Bonds 1.000.00 

Real Estate -. 5,292.77 

$1,017,499.89 

LIABILITIES. 

Capital $200,000.00 

Profits 70,994.35 

Deposits 726,866.50 

Due Banks 19,639.04 



$1,017,499.89 

The location of the bank is at No. 25 State street, where they occupy the first floor, 
elegantly and conveniently titted up for this particular purpose, and there the various 
business of this successful bank is carried on. In its entity and the character and 
standing of its officers, the Union Bank is financially sound to the core. President 
Perkins is a native of Western New York, an old resident of this city and a member 
of the well-known house of Smith, Perkins & Co., wholesale grocers; Vice-President 
Morse is a native of Vermont, who came here at the age of fifteen, and has resided 
here for forty years, during which time he has become identified with a number of 
public and private business enterprises, and has earned the reputation of a public- 
spirited and able man of business and a most worthy and honored citizen. 

Cashier Perkins was for six years a member of the firm of Erickson. Jennings & 
Co., and understands the banking business thoroughly in its every branch. 



COSTELLO & HARRAH. 



PURE 



p. J. Costello and C. E. Harrali— Manufacturing Confectioners— Known as the 
Rochester Candy ^Vorks— Xo. 59 Mill St. 

Messrs. Castello & Harrah established the Rochester Candy 
"Works something over two years ago, and have built up a large 
and flourishing trade extending throughout Western New York, 
adjacent portions of Pennsylvania and elsewhere. They occupy 
four floors, 28x128 feet, at No. 59 Mill street, where they conduct the largest exclusive 
wholesale candy works in Western New York, their machinery and appliances being 
of the latest improved patterns, and their force of operatives numbering eighty. 
Their great attraction is strictly pure confectionery of all choice kinds, their leading 
specialty being the manufacture of fine chocolates and bonbons, and the output is 
enormous, aggregating six thousand pounds daily for a month or so previous to 
Christmas, and for the present year will reach at least six hundred tons. 

This is a Rochester enterprise exclusively, conducted by Rochester men, and a 
credit to the city. This is the only house west of New York city that pays special 
and particular attention to the making of high grade chocolates and bonbons, that 
department being under the personal supervision of a foreman who was ten years the 
manager of the largest chocolate manufacturing house of Cologne, Germany. To 
this statement of the business done by this prominent house, it is needless to add 
that their success is assured and their prospects most flattering. 



110 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 




THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. HI 



CROSMAN BROS., 



Importers, Growers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in CJai-den, Field and 
Flo«'er Seeds— X^o. 503 Monroe Ave. 

It is seldom indeed that men enjoy the advantages that attended Messrs. Charles 
W. and George F. Crosman, in perfecting themselves in the elements of a calling to 
which their entire lives should be devoted. These gentlemen are the sons and surviv- 
ing representatives of the late Mr. C F. Crosman, one of that band of earnest, enthusi- 
astic apostles and pioneers to whom American horticulture and floriculture are 
indebted for their wonderful development in the second and third quarters of the 
present century, and who established himself as an importer and grower of choice 
seeds and plants in 1840 — nearly fifty years ago. That his was no passing or selfish 
interest in this beautiful and beneficeut pursuit was shown in the care and patience 
with which he trained his sons to follow in his footsteps, encouraging thejri to 
improve upon his methods and to aim at high excellence in all they attempteil, so 
that when he passed away he left to them not only a beautiful property and a 
celebrity broad as the continent, but, what was better and more valuable, an inherited 
and cultivated bias which has kept them faithful to the course marked out for them, 
and stimulated them to renewed and successful efforts that have placed them shoulder 
to shoulder with the most advanced living representatives of horticulture and flori- 
culture as a profession. 

On the opposite page is presented a bird's eye view of Messrs. Crosman's build- 
ings, greenhouses and a portion of the grounds; the latter comprising fifty acres, and 
utilized almost exclusively for the propagation of garden seeds and rare plants. The 
Roohester premises do not, however, by any means represent their resources, since 
they own several fine farms devoted to similar purposes in this and other States, each 
being in charge of an experienced and competent cultivator. Besides the enormous 
quantities of seeds grown here— garden, field and flower — the firm import very heavily 
from all parts of Europe, with special reference, of course, to adaptability of the various 
soils and climatic influences of this country, their range of seeds and plants embrac- 
ing the best of every thing of value. The buildings illustrated are of brick, three 
stories in height, 50x150 feet, with fine seed barn adjacent. , Their facilitiea for col- 
lecting, assorting, storing, packing and shipping the commodities in which they deal 
are unexcelled, over one hundred and fifty people being employed in the work, besides 
several in the neat printing office attached to the establishment. In addition, they 
have on the road a number of salesmen sent direct from headquarters, whose business 
it is to completely cover all the States and Territories east of the Eocky Mountains. 

It is scarcely necessary to speak of the Brothers Crosman personally. They are 
among the most progressive and public-spirited of Rochester's liberal business men, 
and active promoters of all movements looking to the advancement and glory of their 
native city, not the least of which is the new and vigorous Chamber of Cimimerce. C. 



KEISER & WUNDES, 



3Iachinists, Model Makers, Manufacturers of Moulding Knives, Machine 
Cutters, Dental and Surgical] Tools— Machinery Repairing;. Jobbing, etc.— 
Brass Finishing a Specialty— Second Floor Briggs'I Building,] Xo. aS8 
State St. 

The above-named firm are noted representatives of the lighter machinery manu- 
facturing industry, and control one of the most completely equipped establishments 
of the kind in the country, located on the second floor of the Briggs building, No. 288 
State street, where they have every convenience for the traneaction of a flourishing 
business. Though founded as recently as 1885, Messrs. Keiser & Wundes have already 
made for themselves an excellent reputation for taste and skill in their specialties, 
which include the manufacture of every description of surgical and dental instru- 
ments and tools, moulding knives, machine cutters and fine cutlery. They also give 
personal attention to model-making, brass finishing, jobbing and the repairing and 
adjustment of machinery of all kinds, however intricate, and being masters of their 
calling, render unvarying satisfaction. Both are practical machinists, have resided 
in Rochester for twenty years, and deserve the liberal and growing patronage they 
enjoy. 



112 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 




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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 113 



ROCHESTER GERMAN INSURANCE CO. 



This leading fire insurance company was organized in February, 1872, by a 
number of the most prominent German residents of the city, since when it has 
enjoyed a career of uninterrupted pxiccess. The list of officers is as follows: Hon. 
Frederick Cook, president (now serving his second term as Secretary of State); 
Louis Ernst, vice-president; A. F. Atwood, secretary; and J. F. Camp, assistant 
secretary. These gentlemen form a combined intellectual force of which any 
institution might be justifiably proud. Each bears a reputation for personal excel- 
lence and business talent with which Rochester is familiar. The great extent of 
and steady increase in the business of this company are doubtless largely due to its 
invariable rule of making prompt and equitable settlements. Among the insured of 
the company are many of Rochester's most substantial houses, to whom this institu- 
tion recommends itself by its sound and prudent management, its discriminatory 
acceptance of risks, the liberality of its dealings with policy holders, the wisdom of 
its investments, and the general character of stability which distinguishes it. The 
subjoined figures will impart some idea of the condition of the German Insurance 
Company, and the magnitude of its transactions. It has a cash capital of $200,000, 
supplemented by assets aggregating $672,144.48. The net surplus is .^164,195.50, and 
the yearly premiums amount to the magnificent figure of $400,000. Such an immense 
business naturally necessitates the employment of a numerous band of workers. 
There are twenty employes in the home office and 400 agents in twenty-one Slates. 
This company has lately added another to the already long list of palatial structures 
in this city, with the grandest of which the German Insurance Company building is 
fit to vie. It has ten stories and a basement and is entirely owned by the company. 
Rochesterians are so familiar with the last addition to the architectural beauties of 
their city that a description in this place would be superfluous. 



GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK OF ROCHESTER. 



Hon. Frederick Cook. President; H. M. Ells^vorth, Vice-President: John H. 
Thompson, Cashier — Capital *!JOO.OOO — Cirernian Insurance Company's 
Building, \%'^est Main i^t. 

Of the several banks of the city of Rochester there are none that have a higher 
reputation for solvency and liberal yet conservative dealing than the German- 
American Bank, which succeeded the old Bank of Rochester on January 1st, 1884. 
This house does a general banking business, and also issues letters of credit, foreign 
drafts, makes foreign and domestic collections, etc., etc., and during the four years of 
its existence under its present name it has become widely and most favorably known 
to the banking and business public. The apartments used as its office are on the first 
floor of the Rochester German Insurance Company's building, opposite the Powers 
building, where they occupy rooms that are handsomely and commodiously fitted up 
for its especial uses. 

AU the officers of the German-American Bank are well-known citizens, whose 
names are intimately associated with the history and material progress of this city; 
the Hon. Frederick Cook being Secretary of State, re-elected for his second term; 
Vice-President Ellsworth being a member of the firm of Ellsworth & Grant, leading 
contractors of Rochester, and Cashier Thompson being especially qualified for his 
position by his business training and large experience in financial transactions. 



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S. B. WILLIAMS, 



Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Oils of All Kinds— IVos. 96 and 08 Exchange St. 

The oil trade of Rochester, in common with most vocations depeudent upon 
manufactures and commerce, is in a flourishing condition. A leading house in this 
field of enterprise — one of the pioneers — is that of Mr. S. B. Williams, founded in 
1860 bv Alonzo Chapman, changed in 1863 to Chapman «& Parks, in 1865 to George 
Arnold k Co., in 1867 to Warfield & Co.. and in 1876 to S. B. Williams, Mr. Williams 
having been the Co. in the firm of Warfield & Co. 

„r Mr. W. occupies the basement, first and second floors, 35x60 feet, at Nos. 96 and 
^S'Exchange street, has occupied the same quarters for twenty-one years, and carries 
a comprehensive line of high-grade engine and cylinder oils, lubricating oils and 
grease, and engineers' supplies generally, including every description of mineral and 
vegetable oils worthy of attention or for which there is any demand. His trade is 
principally with dealers and consumers, at both wholesale and retail, and extends 
to all points in New York and Northern Pennsylvania. 

Mr. Williams is a popular and enterprising citizen, actively connected with varied 
business interests. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of several 
benevolent and fraternal societies, coming hither from Massachusetts in 1857. After 
returning from the army he joined the vohinteer fire department and has ever since 
continued an active, enthusiastic member. 



COURT STREET FOUNDRY. 



BT. H. Galusha, Proprietor— Manufacturer of Coal and M'ood Heating and Cook 
Stoves and Ranges— The "Xornian and " .\ornian Chief " Ranges and" Mer- 
man" Heaters a Specialty- Xos. Ol and 93 Court St. 




,. The Court Street Foundry is one of the oldest and most celebrated stove works 
in the country, established in 1853, and its excellent productions, comprising an 



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unsurpassed line of tasty and effective heating and cooking stoves and ranges for coal 

and wood, are famous and popular from Western New York to California, more particu- 
larly in the Western States and Ter- 
ritories, where they are in steady and 
increasing demand for their sterling 
qualities and reliability at all times and 
under all circumstances. One of the 
handsomest of the cooking ranges made 
here — the "Norman Chief" — is illlust- 
rated herewith, and as well as the "Nor- 
man " is one of a large line of ranges 
made by Mr. Galusha that is regarded 
with the greatest favor because of its 
beauty and general excellence. Both 
the " Norman " and " Norman Chief " 
are handsome in appearance and unex- 
celled in their utility in the household. 
The " Norman " parlor stove, equally 
handsome in design and of the highest 
grade as regards material, workman- 
ship, finish and heating power, is much 
sought after by discriminating buyers. 
These are only specific instances of a 
number of other ranges and heaters 
made by Mr. Galusha. The capacity 
of the works is 11,000 stoves per annum, 
comprising a very full assortment of 
stoves, ranges and heaters which are as 
4 complete as those of any house in West- 
ern New York, and they are usually 
busy the year round, with a steady 
and growing trade. 

Mr. N. H. Galusha, who has owned 
and operated this foundry since its 

establishment, is one of Rochester's oldest and most respectable business men, and a 

member of the newly organized Chamber of Commerce. 




J. C. COPELAND, 



Dealer in Drain and Server Pipes, liime. Plaster of Paris. Sand, Cements, 
fclravel. Hair. Mortar, Fire Brick, etc.— Xo. 16?J South St, Paul St. 




This is one of the old established businesses of this city, having been founded 
twenty-three years since, Mr. Copeland having managed it for seven years, or since 
1880. He also owns and operates a lime-kiln, situated on Seward, Magnolia and Cot- 
tage streets, whereat — during the past season — he has burned about 1,500 bushels of 
lime weekly. 

The premises occupied by Mr. Copeland at No. 162 South St. Paul street are 
88x225 feet; the storehouse and grounds also occupied by him on Pinnacle avenue, on 
the Erie Canal, are 80x130 feet. At these premises he keeps a full line of the celebrated 
Otis & Gorsline drain and sewer-pipe, conceded to be the best on the market ; pipe- 
chimneys, well-tubing, lawn-rollers, lime, water-lime, plaster of Paris, Rockaway 
sand, marble dust, Portland, Rosendale, Buffalo and Akron cements, sea gravel, plas- 
tering hair and mortar, and fire-brick materials of all kinds. 

Mr. Copeland does an excellent business throughout Western and Southwestern 
New York, which is increasing in a steady and permanent manner, the usual result of 
fair-dealing and commercial honesty. 



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THOMAS BOLTON, 



Manufacturer of liadies'. Misses' and Children's Fine and Medium McKay 
Sewed Slices, and I^adies' Hand Turns and Hand Welts— Corner Andrews 
and Water Sts. 





The reputation of Rochester as a 
center of manufacture of shoes, boots, 
etc., has been placed upon too firm a 
basis to admit of any contradiction, 
and one of the most prominent houses 
that have been very influential in 
achieving this repute is that of Thom- 
as Bolton. This house was founded 
in 1872, by the name of Phelan k 
Bolton, which was maintained until 
1880 under that style, when the present 
proprietor purchased the interest of the senior partner, and has since conducted {^ 
under his individual name and control. 

The building that Mr. Bolton occupies, of which we present an illustration herewit b, 
is situated on the corner of Andrews and Water streets, is 65x40 feet, four stories 
and basement in height, and is fitted up with a magnificent plant of shoe-manufac- 
turing machinery of the most approved pattern. Therein are employed 275 opera- 
tives, and the daily capacity of this factory is one thousand pairs of shoes per diem. 
These manufactures comprise ladies', misses' and children's fine and medium Mc- 
Kay sewed shoes, also ladies' hand-turned and hand-welt, and they likewise include 
Mr. Bolton's specialty, Bolton's patent flexible sole, that has the enviable quality 
of not worrying its wearer with the ear-splitting squeak emitted by all other soles. 
The trade of the house extends all over the United States and is constantly increas- 
ing, due to the excellence of the goods made by Mr. Bolton and his unvarying busi- 
ness iotegrity. 

Mr. Bolton is an Englishman by birth, and has been a resident of this city since 
1872, during which residence he has been a prominent and important factor in the 
prosperity of the city, and an influential and disinterested worker in all measures 
that tended to advance her material welfare. Mr. Bolton has had a comprehensive 
experience in his present business, and has one of the best equipped and largest fac- 
tories in Rochester. He has a deserved and enviable reputation as a public-spirited 
citizen, and is widely known and honored for his many personal and business quali- 
ties. Mr. Bolton is a prominent member of the Chamber of Commerce. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. H*? 




J. H. !!»tednian. President: A. «.Barr. Chief Eiisineer; H. S. C'rabbe. Secretary 
and Treasurer — Kngineers and Contractors for Steam and Hot Water 
IVarmin;; and Ventilating. Steam I^aundry and Cooking Apparatus an«l 
Citreenliouse AVork — Sole Agents for E. Major's Patent Geyser Regulator— 
91111 St. 

The science of heating and ventilation has reached such perfection that there is 
no longer any excuse for the construction of cold, comfortless, pestilence-breeding 
houses such as were so common a few years ago, and to which could be traced a host 
of the diseases that decimated city populations and rendered it a question whether, 
after all, the settler's log cabin were not a more desirable residence than the palace of 
the millionaire metropolitan. A pioneer in the field of investigation and experiment 
which has yielded such valuable fruits was the late E. H. Cook, formerly of Elmira, 
N. Y., who, after some years of study and well-directed labor in that city, removed to 
Eochester in 1871, as affording broader scope for his talents and a better reward for 
well-directed effort. Here Mr. Cook remained, steadily enlarging his experience, in- 
creasing his facilities and extending his connections, under the firm name of E. H. 
Cook & Co., until bis death in 1883. Previous to that event branches of the famous 
old house were established in various western cities, but it was found that on account 
of active and not infrequently unscrupulous competition the expense of maintaining 
them more than consumed the profits, and they were finally wound up and consoli- 
dated with the parent concern at Rochester. Not a little annoyance, however, has 
resulted from the preteusions of various parties formerly in the firm's employ, who, 
setting up a business for themselves, have not hesitated to insert in their signs, cards 
and advertisements the taking legend, " Late with E. H. Cook & Co." This, while 
implying a flattering tribute to the superb old house itself, yet had the unwholesome 
effect of diverting from it much valuable patronage to which it was justly entitled. 
The present company, ofdcered as above, and with a paid up capital of $60,000, was 
organized as the legitimate successor of the former firm upon its dissolution, caused 
by the decease of Mr. Cook, already noted. 

The company, occupying two commodious storerooms on Mill street, 75x75 feet, 
and employing a force of fifty to seventy-five specially trained workmen, together 
with all necessary resources of improved tools and machinery, are prepared to do a 
vast amount of superior work, embracing the latest practical improvements in steam 
and hot water warming and sanitary ventilation. They contract for and execute in 
the best manner, in any part of the country and on any desired scale, every descrip- 
tion of work in the line indicated, together with steam laundry and ccoking apparatus, 
greenhouse work, etc., and guarantee results. In this connection it should not be 
forgotten that they are sole agents for and construct to order for shipment to any 
part of the country the celebrated E. Major's patent " Geyser" regulator for adjust- 
ing the draft of all hot water boilers— a simple yet effectual device, operated solely 
by the temperature of the water acting upon and expanding metal, and which opens 
and shuts cold air boxes of indirect stacks of steam or water-heating apparatus, 
raising and lowering an arm to open and close the damper by compound leverage. It 
is four feet long, made entirely of brass, except stay-rods; is easily boxed and attached, 
and is all that is claimed for it. 

The E. H. Cook Co. (limited) are also jobbers and retailers on an extensive 
scale of gas fixtures, globes, andirons, fenders, fire-places, tile work, and household 
brass goods, in which they offer superior inducements to the trade. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 




woodbuky's building, (see opposite page.) 



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W. E. WOODBURY, 



Wholesale and Retail Grocer— Xos. 4a. 44 «St 4« E. Main St.; Kos. 5 Front St. 

and X'Z Monroe Avenne. 

The advantages of conducting all lines of business in large establishments are so 
marked that there is a constantly increasing tendency m that direction. One of the 
best examples of this fact is the immense wholesale and retail grocery houses owned 
by W. E. Woodbury, of this city. The home store, on Mam street, was established in 
1841, as the old Semple grocery, the present proprietor succeeding to the business in 
1886. Mr. Woodbury is a native of this city, and comes of one of the first families of 
Rochester, who are prominently identified with various large representative commer- 
cial interests. Although a young man, he has shown extraordinary business capacity 
and unflagging enterprise, as is evinced by his being at the head of one of the largest 
establishments in Western New York, employing thirty-one operatives. He does an 
excellent and very prosperous busmees, extending into nearly every section of the 
State. Mr. Woodbury occupies the Semple block, on Main street, having six floors 
30x57 feet, the same number on Front street and three floors in the adjoining block, 
utilizing 17,200 square feet of flooring. The ground floors are used for the retail 
department, while those above are devoted to the wholesale trade. In connection 
with his grocery trade he is also wholesale agent for the celebrated " Bridal Veil " flour. 
Another evidence of Mr. Woodbury's indefatigable energy is the opening of his new 
retail store, on Monroe avenue, which, we believe, is the only " branch " grocery ever 
established in Rochester. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and is one 
fo the most enterprising members of our business community, valued alike in commer- 
cial and social circles, and one whose zeal for the prosperity and welfare of the city is 
only excelled by the tireless energy devoted to his personal business and making 
his store the resort for all those who desire the best articles at the lowest possible 
prices commensurate with their excellence. 



TRADERS' NATIONAL BANK. 



lOl, lOa, 103 and 104 Powers" Block. 

This important institution was first known as the Eagle Bank, incorporated' in 
1852, and afterward, by consolidation with the Manufacturers' Bank, became the 
Traders' Bank in 1859. 

The present name was assumed March 22d, 1865, when it became a national bank, 
with a capital of $250,000. That is its capital at present, with a surplus of $500,000. 
The officers are Simon L. Brewster, president, formerly a merchant of high standing 
and director of the bank since its inception ; George C. Buell, vice-president, senior 
partner in the well-known house of George C. Buell & Co., wholesale grocers, and a 
director of the New York Central railroad; Henry C. Brewster, cashier, vice-president 
of the Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Co.; and Charles H. Palmer, assistant 
cashier. A stronger staff of workers could not be desired. Each is thoroughly 
grounded in the particular business allotted to him, and brings a high order of 
intellect and exceptional ability to bear upon his work. The president has had an 
experience, in this and the preceding bank, of twenty-five years ; the vice-president 
of about twenty years, and the cashier of a like period, while the assistant cashier 
has been in the concern for fourteen years. The subordinates are competent young 
men of experience, and the routine of business progresses without hitch or hinder- 
ance. This bank transacts a large general banking business in all its various branches, 
including deposits, discounts and collections ; foreign exchange and letters of credit be- 
ing a special feature. There are many business houses of this city who owe their present 
prosperity to the timely assistance of this organization at a season of monetary strin- 
gency and commercial depression. In addition to its liberal stimulus to business 
enterprise it has been a powerful factor in the progress of the city. The magnitude 
of its loans and discounts, and the volume of its deposits, testify to the extent of its 
healthy influence upon the trade and commerce of Rochester. The confidence of the 
commercial community and the general public in the Traders' National Bank is 
unlimited, and the affairs of the concern, always in a flourishing condition, are con- 
tinually undergoing improvement. Bills to the amount of $2,250,000 were discounted 
last year, and deposits averaged $2,100,000. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



A. W. MUDGE, 



Funeral Director and Casket Manufacturer— Ko. »1 5J. Fitzhush St. 




Conductiug a funeral in a solemn, impressive and appropriate manner is much 
more easily imagined than done, and many a man who has commanded an army in 
battle with credit to himself and his country could no more " bring order out of 
chaos" and manage a funeral well and effectively than he could fly. The fact is, the 
successful funeral director is always a thoughtful man, a good organizer and an ex- 
cellent executive, with a native perception of the fitness of things, and his good 
management and the decorum resulting therefrom are the outcome of much fore- 
thought and preparation. 

Such a funeral director is Mr. A. W. Mudge, whose splendid establishment occu- 
pies the handsome two-aud-a-half-story brick building. 51x164 feet, at No. 31 North 
Fitzhugh street. The equipment is all that could be desired, including superb 
hearses and carriages, fine horses, embalming apparatus, casket factory, and com- 
mand of the services of skillful assistants and florists from whom may be obtained 
punctually such floral emblems, designs, cut flowers, etc., as are required. In addition, 
a neatly arranged suite of rooms for viewing the dead and for the performance of 
funeral services is provided. 

Mr. Mudge is the leading funeral director of Rochester, a liberal, popular and 
successful man, and a native of the county. He is a large property owner and 
interested in numerous business enterprises in Eochester and elsewhere. 



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THE ROCHESTER BURNER CO. 




H. E. Shatter. President ; H. F. Peek, Vice-President ; E. A. Row ortli, Secretary 
and Treasurer— Proprietors of tke Shaffer Perfection lianip Burners— Office, 
IWo. 409 East llain St. 

The Shaffer "Perfection" burners have completely 
revolutionized the combustion of kerosene oil for 
illuminating purposes, and have proved among the 
most useful and valuable improvements of the kind 
ever offered the public. The claims of superiority- 
made by the manufacturers, and substantiated by 
, actual tests, are as follows: (1) They are simple in 
jSj) construction and easily managed, using only a good 
^ 'common flat wick. (2) They produce a whiter light 
than ever before produced from kerosene oil. (3) They 
produce twice the amount of light to a given amount 
of oil consumed, compared with other burners. (4) They are perfectly sweet when 
burning, throwing otf no unhealthy odor. (5) They are so constructed that they re- 
ceive an inside draft of air between the flames through the burner itself, consequently 
we have an inside as well as outside draft — a new feature in flat wick burners. 
(6) This enables us to preserve the inside draft to the burners when used on all ordi- 
nary lamps. (7j These burners consume twice the amount of air to the same amount 
of oil consumed in comparison with other burners. Oil alone only produces heat 
and smoke. The consumption of the oxygen is what makes the light. 

The Rochester Burner Company are proprietors of 
a variety of improved burners coming under the gen- 
eral name of "Perfection," of which the one herewith 
illustrated is the largest — seventy candle power — and 
is known as the No. 2 three-cone hinge burner. Itj 
is made of brass, takes a "B" wick. "D" collar. No. 3* 
Shaffer lip chimney, and is confidently pronounced 
the best in the world. 

In addition to their flat wick burners above de- 
scribed the company are to'add centre draft lamps to 
their business for the coming lamp season. H. E. 
Shaffer, the inventor of the Shaffer "Perfection" burners, has succeeded in producing 
a centre draft, round wick lamp which takes the same wick and chimney as the 
"Rochester" lamp called the "Lux Dux" (light-leader). It produces a very white 
light, and a steady light, in steadiness like the light of a German student lamp, and 
is of seventy candle power. Also a large centre draft lamp made on the same principle 
of the "Lux Dux," only very much larger in size, producing the same steady, white 
flame, of 275 candle power. This large-sized lamp is expressly for lighting stores, 
public halls, and, in fact, all business places where the best reliable lights are re- 
quired. Those requiring a good light and using centre draft lamps should not fail to 
order the "Lux Dux." 

The company are also manufac- 
turers of a great variety of lamps, 
chimneys, shades, shade-holders, 
collars and lamp goods generally, 
which we have not space to de- 
scribe. Illustrated circulars are 
supplied whenever desired. 

The Rochester Burner Company, 
whose names are given in our cap- 
tion, are all Rochester men, and 
give their undivided attention to 
the class of goods referred to. 
They occupy one floor and base- 
ment at No. 409 East Main street, 
25x65 feet, employ ten men, and have a rapidly developing trade all over the States 
and Canada. Dealers in this class of goods will find it profitable to correspond with 
the company. 





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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



THE HATCH PATENT CRIMPER CO., 



Manufacturers of the RoeUester i^ounter— Stewart Building, Xo. Oa Andrew St., 

River Front. 







No inveution of recent years has been the means of giving such general satisfaction 
to manufacturers of all grades of shoes as the Hatch Rochester counter. The 
difficulty experienced in the past to obtain a counter that would both retain shape 
and not wear out before the shoe, has been a matter of much experiment by those 
engaged in this branch of industry, and never with any success until the invention 
and placing on the market of this ingenious and scientific substitute. 

Leather counters for a time retain their shape, but soon by the action of the natural 
perspiration and dampness of the feet become limp, and rot simply by reason of their 
great absorbent qualities, thereby becoming uncomfortable and a misery to the 
wearer. Paper variously treated has also been used, but the same tendency of 
perspiration and dampness acts upon it with greater rapidity than even leather, and 
as a consequence is deemed worthless and unfit for practical use. 

Recognizing the demands of the consumers and of manufacturers for a substitute 
which would overcome all of these unpleasant features, and at the same time would 
retain shape and be serviceable until the shoe itself was no longer of value to the 
wearer, Mr. James L. Hatch, then a member of J. W. Hatch & Sons, began 
experimenting with various materials with the success of perfecting the present 
counter, which has not only the desired features but in reality contains more merit 
than what is claimed for it. Impervious to water, non-absorbent, of uniform thickness 
and lightness, combining elasticity and shape, it stands to-day pre-eminent as one of the 
greatest improvements introduced to the shoe manufacturing industries of the world, 
both for serviceability and cheapness. Composed largely of manilla and flax fibra, 
of a toughness equal to leather, with all of the above mentioned features, it has by 
years of thorough trial demonstrated that it will outwear leather or any other known 
composition, and not only does it prevent the shoe running over but it also retains 
the shape and graceful outlines long after the shoe is unfit for further use. 

In 1873 the present company was formed for the purpose of placing on the market 
this valuable invention. Crude and but fairly satisfactory at first, it has from time to 
time been improved upon, until now it is the acme of perfection and warranted to 
outwear any pair of shoes made. 

From a small beginning they have gradually extended and enlarged, and from six 
hundred pairs — their first daily capacity — they are now making thirty-five thousand 
pairs, which is barely suflicient to supply the demands of customers in all sections of 
the country. Special machinery for the cutting and shaping of the material to the 
desired form has been perfected, and to-day they have without question the largest 
and most complete plant of its kind in the world. As a protection against counter- 
feits and infringements they have adopted a registered trademark for their own and 
the consumers' interest, and as a further guarantee of the wearing qualities of the 
counter they warrant every pair manufactured and agree to pay for every pair of 
shoes which the counter will not outwear. 

To one prominent manufacturer they have supplied in past years fully ten million 
pairs of counters, and among that immense number but five pairs have failed to fulfill 
the guarantee under which the counter is sold. This alone is a record unapproached 
in the annals of the shoe manufacturing trade, or by any other manufacturers of 
■counters, whether composition, material or leather. 

The company as at present existing consists of A. J. Hatch, and James L. Hatch, 
under the firm name of the Hatch Patent Crimper Company. Both are well-known 
business men who have for years been identified with the shoe manufacturing 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 123 

industries of the city, and who have both improved and stimulated this important 
branch of manufacture by the various special improvements introduced by them, 
and though the success and prominence of the company is largely due to the untiring 
energy of Mr. James L. Hatch, the patentee of the counter, both have united 
in perfecting and placing on the market an article unapproachable in its character 
and containing all the merits for which it is celebrated. ;; 



THE VACUUM OIL COMPANY. 



Among the earliest industries located in Rochester which have grown to large 
proportions is the Vacuum Oil Co., a view of whose works is presented elsewhere. 
Though these works do not cover so great an area as refineries devoted principally 
to the manufacture of burning oils — as the stock of crude and prepared oils carried 
in store is not nearly so large as in the case of such works — this is probably the 
second largest strictly lubricating oil works in the country. The oils here made are 
to fill orders previously obtained, and are generally shipped as rapidly as manufac- 
tured, so that comparatively small storage capacity is required. These works are 
located on the west side of the Genesee river, in the extreme southern part of the 
city, and comprise over eleven acres altogether. Though originally remote from 
general railroad facilities, they now enjoy exceptional advantages in this respect, 
being readily accessible to all railroad lines entering the city, over all of which large 
shipments are continually made. The offices of the company are located down town, 
on the top floor of the new Wilder building. Having need of larger office facilities, 
the officers of the company arranged with Mr. Wilder, when he was building his 
block, to take the whole top tloor, and the same was consequently arranged to suit 
their convenience, the result being that not only were handsome quarters secured, 
but rooms strictly adapted to the needs of the large business done therein. 

The Vacuum Oil Co. was incorporated as far back as 1866, but had its inception 
in previous experiments and business operations of Hiram B. Everest, still nominally 
its president, though retired from active participation in its affairs. Mr. Everest was 
successful in developing the manufacture of lubricating oils from petroleum to a 
degree not before regarded as possible. Thoroughly practical in his methods, he 
adapted the "vacuum" process of distillation to the manufacture of lubricating oils, 
to which were added from time to time other important methods of treating the 
crude product, the result being the manufacture of oils at the Rochester works 
unequaled by any other in the country. 

These oils rapidly found their way into foreign markets, and during the past 
twenty years a truly enormous amount of manufactured oils has gone from Rochester 
to England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Japan, China, Central and 
South America and Australia , and from these countries has been again distributed, until 
now scarcely a section of the globe where machinery is used is unreached by the 
Rochester product. 

A few years ago the Vacuum Oil Co. decided to carry its goods directly to the 
consumers without the intervention of middle men, and accordingly solicited the 
consumers' orders through its own traveling salesmen. At the present time it 
employs one hundred and fifty travelers, who are found from the Canadian maritime 
provinces to the Cedar Keys of Florida, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, 
and throughout the British Isles as well. This method, of course, brought a large 
expansion of business, and popularized the oils among individual users, thus 
insuring a steady and growing market. The specialties of the Vacuum Oil Co. are 
cylinder, fine engine oils, leather oils and greases; in fact, all kinds of high-grade 
petroleum products. Some burning oils are made for home consumption, but these 
are a small proportion of the general volume of business. The harness oils n^nufac- 
tured by the company are also justly celebrated, having a large sale. 

The Vacuum Oil Co., to meet the needs of their growing business, have been 
compelled from time to time to establish branch offices and distributing points in 
various cities. Such offices are now located at New York, Boston, Philadelphia, 
Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, San Francisco, 
Toronto, Montreal, and Liverpool, Eng. It is doubtful whether any other Rochester 
industry is so generally known among the manufacturers of the country as this 
company. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



THE KENYON HAT & FUR CO. 



B. S. Kenyoii, President; Alfred M'right. Vice-President ; C'liar le s A.'K eeler. 
Secretary and Treasurer: Importers and Manufacturers of'^adies'~Fiiie 
Furs, and Jobbers of Hats, Furs and Stra^v (Woods— ^'o. 1-f O Fast 3Iain St. 




This promiDent mercantile and manufacturing concern was founded by Allard & 
Co., at Albany, in 1863, and removed to Rochester in 1867, the style changing to 
Allard, Hunt & Co.; again, in 1869, to Allard, Kenyon & Hunt, in 1874 to Kenyon & 
Hunt, and in 1879 to R. S. Kenyon & Co. The Kenyon Hat and Fur Company was 
incorporated in 1887, with a capital of $50,000, paid up, and officered as above. The 
directory is composed of Messrs. Alfred Wright, Chas. A. Keeler, C. F. Pond, F. S. 
Upton and R. S. Kenyon. The last named is interested in the Rochester Plow Com- 
pany, and a director of the Kelly Lamp Company. Mr. Wright is a well-known 
citizen of Rochester, and largely interested in various business enterprises. Mr. 
Keeler is a leading lawyer. All are active members of the Chamber of Commerce, 
wide-awake and public-spirited. 

The Kenyon Hat and Fur Company's store is eligibly located in the attractive 
six-story building No. 140 East Main street, 32 feet front by 200 feet deep, conve- 
niently arranged and handsomely appointed in every department. The basement is 
devoted to the wholesale trade; the retail store and offices occupy the ground floor, 
and the upper stories are utilized for manufacturing, the house requiring the services 
of from seventy-five to one hundred persons, depending upon the season, its trade 
connections embracing New York and the Middle and Western States. 

Besides handling as jobbers vast quantities of gentlemen's silk hats, straw and 
fur goods, this company are extensive importers and manufacturers of ladies' fine furs 
— sacques, cloaks, dolmans, muffs, tippets, etc., making a specialty of the manufacture 
of large seal garments, such as dolmans, paletots, etc., and shipping them to all the 
large cities — and the manufacture of gentlemen's fur caps and gloves. They also 
manufactuje to order every description of military, society and band uniforms and 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 125 

equipments, and in this, as in other lines of specialties, are rapidly acquiring an 
extended and valuable reputation. The wholesale trade of this house, especially in 
their magnificent seal goods, extends throughout thirteen different States of the 
Union. Everything made or sold by the house is first-class, and their customers 
show their appreciation by coming again and sending others. 



ROCHESTER WHEEL COMPANY. 



Corner Hill and Elizabeth ^ts. 

I The history of the oldest and only house in its line in Rochester is a striking proof 
of what may be accomplished by perseverance and an assiduous application to busi- 
ness. The firm was established on a very small scale as early as 1858, and for some 
years manifested no symptom of its arriving at its present flourishing condition. 
However, the plucky efforts of its originators were at last rewarded by an improve- 
ment in trade, which has continued at a rapidly increasing rate up to the present 
time, the most prosperous years of the concern having been those between the pres- 
ent time and the year 1883, at which date its present aisle proprietor, Mr. S. B. Roby, 
assumed its management. The operations of the house embrace every kind of car- 
riage, cart and wagon wheel, particular attention being paid to plain wood hub 
wheels, compressed band hub wheels, iron jacket hub wheels, Sarven patent wheels, 
■as well as spokes, rims, hubs and other articles pertaining to the business of the 
wheelwright. The factory in which these manufactures are accomplished is a fine, 
eix-story brick building; is 66 feet front upon Hill and 50 feet on Elizabeth streets, ad- 
joining which are the stock buildings and timber yard, the whole premises occupying 
an acre ( f ground. The factory contains every variety of woodworking machinery, hub 
machines, spoke machines, and others, particularly a fine Sarven wheel machine, making 
up a most complete plant. The mechanical power is reinforced by the labor of 40 
hands, including many highly skilled workmen. The first-class quality of the firm's 
output insures for their goods an appreciative market in the East, New York, Penn- 
sylvania, New Jersey and Delaware contributing the larger share of the company's 
trade, which is in a flourishing condition, showing a steady increase and having good 
prospects. Mr. Roby is also the exclusive proprietor of the wholesale carriage and 
saddlery hardware industry at No. 98 State street, in which his energies are as 
•successfully employed as in the business under notice. Mr. Roby is one of the oldest 
business men of Rochester, having been here since 1853, and his personal and com- 
mercial enterprise have been advantageously employed in the furtherance of the 
•city's interests, the most recent evidence of this characteristic being his prominent 
identification with the new Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a leading officer. 



ARTHUR G. YATES, 



"^Vholesale Dealer in and !^iiipi>er of Hard and Soft Coal— I>oeks at Charlotte; 
Creneral Olliees, El^vood Building, Corner Slain and iiitate Sts. 

Charlotte, on Lake Ontario, seven miles distant from Rochester, is the great coal 
port of this region, whence are shipped vast quantities of fuel to all points on that 
and other inland seas. Among the heaviest operators is Mr. Arthur G. Yates, who 
for a period of more than twenty-three years has transacted business in Rochester, 
and ranks with her most enterprising and successful citizens, occupying at this time 
the position of vice-president of the Mechanics' Savings Bank, in addition to which 
he is one of the board of managers and a member of the railroad and transportation 
committee of the Chamber of Commerce. His oflice is in the Elwood building, cor- 
ner of Main and State streets. 

Mr. Yates' plant at Charlotte is very extensive and valiaable, comprising docks 
1,50U feet in length, covering ten acres of land, four miles of main tracks and sidings, 
pockets for 6,000 tons and storage for 150,000 tons. His shipments from this point for 
1887 aggregated 300,000 tons, while his total transactions at both Charlotte and Buffalo 
footed up 2,000,000 tons. He maintains branch offices at various upper lake ports, 
including Chicago, Milwaukee, Duluth and St. Paul, and is steadily enlarging his 
operations. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



WILLIAMSON & HIGBIE, 



KitLW Book and Blank Publishers, Stationers and Printers — Kos. 9 and 11 

Exchange Street. 

The legal profession throughout the 
State and country are familiar with the 
firm of Williamson & Higbie, celebrated 
for their numerous law publications and 
superior legal blanks, the latter embrac- 
ing every description of form used by 
lawyers, courts and court officers in this 
State. The house was founded in 1870 
by Williamson & Co., Mr. W. A. William- 
son being the senior member, Mr. H. 
A. Higbie was admitted in 1874. Up to 
1885 the concern occupied quarters in 
Powers' block, removing in the year 
hist named to the handsome six-story 
brick building, 25x56 feet, Nos. 9 and 11 
Exchange street, where they still re- 
main. On the ground and second floors 
are the elegantly appointed salesrooms, 
where are shown samples of all goods, 
comprisiug the immense and compre- 
hensive stock of stationery and blanks, 
mercantile and office supplies, blank 
books, copying books, presses, inks, pens, 
pencils, filing cases, and everything 
needed or useful in a business office, 
the surplus and wholesale reserve being 
stored in the basement and on the fifth 
floor. The third floor is devoted to law 
books exclusively, the stock embracing 
all standard authorities in text-books, the 
Revised Statutes complete of New York 
and other States, and numerous well 
selected new and second-hand libraries. 
The facilities of the hotise m this depart- 
ment are such that any particular book 
desired can be supplied either from stock 
or from the publishers at shortnotice and 
on terms with which no mere bookstore 
can compete, since Williamson & Hig- 
bie, themselves publishers on a con- 
siderable scale, come in for the lowest 
obtainable quotations. 
This branch of their business has developed very rapidly, and they now 
rank among the leading law publishers in the United States. They carry con- 
stantly in stock a bout 20,000 volumes of books pertaining to the law, and can supply 
the legal profess ion with everything published in this country or England. Their rela- 
tions with the English publishers are such that they can promptly import and supply 
any English law books, while their stock of American law publications is, of course, 
complete. In connection with this it might be well to mention that they have just 
issued a large and complete catalogue of over one hundred octavo pages, containing 
one of the best arranged lists of legal publications ever issued, names of authors, 
editions, year of publication, number of volumes, and prices, which are fully set forth. 
This catalogue has had a widespread distribution among the lawyers of the United- 




THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 127 

States and Canada, and they are now daily receiving many applications for it from the 
legal profession everywhere. Among their recent publications might be mentioned 
the following: 

Abbott's Practice Reports, 35 vols. 

Baylies' Trial Practice, 1 vol. 

Baylies on New Trials and Appeals, 1 vol. 

Brown on Assessment and Taxation, 1 vol. 

Knapp's Poor Laws. State of New York, 1 vol. 

Haviland's Table of Cases. State of New York, 2 vols. 

Wiltsie on Mortgage Foreclosure, 1 vol. 

Dudley's New York Code Annotations, 1 vol. 

Donovan's Tact in Court, 1 vol. 

Moon's Digest of Legal Fees. State of New York, 1 vol. 

Field on Infants, Parents, Child, etc., 1 vol. 

Wandell on Law of Inns, Hotels, etc., 1 vol. 

Porter's Annotation Pasters of the Rev. Stats, of State New York, 1 vol. 

More on Law of Villages, for State of New York, 1 vol. 

They have now a great many contracts with legal writers all over the United States 
to publish books, which are in active preparation. 

Their commodious building is centrally located, opposite Wilder's block, three 
doors from West Main street, on Exchange street, and is daily visited by attorneys 
from all portions of the State, who are attending court in Rochester. 

On the fourth floor is a completely equipped and extensive printing establishment 
where the finest kind of commercial work is a specialty, as well as all kinds of legal 
work executed to order. Artistic printing, in the line of wedding and party invita- 
tions, visiting cards, etc., is also done to order in original and tasty designs. 

Messrs. W. A. Williamson and Horace A. Higbie are natives of Rochester, enter- 
prising, public-spirited and successful business men, devoted to the interests of the 
city, and hard-working members of the Chamber of Commerce. Though compara- 
tively young, they have had much experience in the book and stationery trade, and 
are masters of all its details. About sixty persons, including four traveling men and 
editorial staff connected with the law department, are employed in this establishment. 



GEO. F. MERZ, 



Merchant Miller— People's Roller Mills— Brown's Raee, near Factory St. 

It is a proud boast of the older Rochesterians that this was once the principal 
milling center of the United States; that the wheat grown in this region has never 
been equaled, and that many of the most important improvements in growing^ 
harvesting and preparing the grain for market and for consumption originated here^ 
True, the whole system has been revolutionized since that time; the growing of the 
grain has been for the most part transferred to the golden Northwest and the great 
mills that grind flour for all the world are beyond the Mississippi; yet we still find 
much of the old spirit here, and considerable quantities of superior flour from 
wheat, rye and buckwheat are manufactured on the banks of the Genesee. Among 
the pioneer mills that continue to maintain a high standard of excellence in product 
and sustain a first-class repiitation in all respects is the noted plant known as the 
" People's " mills, erected on Brown's race, near Factory street, by E. Bradfield in 
1850. Coming into the possession of Mr. Geo. F. Merz in 1871, these mills were 
entirely remodeled and refitted throughout with all modern improvements, including 
a superb equipment of roller process and gradual reduction machinery, and it is no 
exaggeration to state that, extent considered, no more complete mills exist in any of 
the Eastern States. The building itself is of stone, four stories and basement, 50x80 
feet, and has an unfailing supply of water power from the Genesee via Brown's 
race. Eight men are employed, and the output, embracing celebrated brands of high- 
grade spring and winter wheat flour and buckwheat flour (the latter a leading 
specialty during the winter months), is sold to the trade in all portions of New Eng- 
land, New York, Ohio and Michigan, and is much sought by consumers who are 
particular in the matter of breadstutfs. 

Mr. Merz is of German birth, settled in Rochester in 1850, is an influential member 
of the Chamber of Commerce and a respected citizen. 



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JAMES LANEY & CO. 



Manufacturers of Plain Tinware — ^Vliolesale Dealers in Stamped and 
Japanned AVare. Ajsate Iron and <>iranite Iron Mare. >Vrappins Papers, 
4jilassware. etc.— Oftioe. Xos. 15 and 17 Klni St.: AVarehouses, Xos. 16 and 
18 Cortland St. and 7^24 and 730 Kast Main St. 

The above-named house is one of the 

most extensive of the kind in the State, 

and is composed of M. J. Barker and E. G- 

Laney. They have a commodious office 

Jit Nos. 15 and 17 Ehn street, occupying 

as a warehouse the big brick building 

Nos. 16 and IS Cortland street— in all six 

floors, affording 5U,000 square feet of shop, 

storage and salesrooms. The shops, em- 
ploying twenty workmen, are fitted up 

with all requisite machinery and special 

tools, and turn out vast quantities of plain 

tinware, consuming some four thousand 

boxes of tin plate annually. In addition 

the house handles every variety of 
stamped, japanned, agate and granite iron ware, and can fill orders to any extent 
at manufacturers' quotations, their trade extending to every State in the Union. 
They also deal largely in wrapping papers, glassware and kindred goods. 

An important brauch of the business of this house is the collection, assorting and 
shipment to Eastern and Western manufacturers of rags and old metals, employing 
for the purpose of collection two hundred wagons, which traverse all portions of 
New York State, the receipts averaging fifteen tons daily. 
The firm is a prosperous one, responsible and enterprising. 





THOMAS OLIVER & SONS, 

Manufacturers of aiul Dealers in All Kinds of Drain and Sewer Pipe and 
Masons" Materials— Contractors in Portland Stone \*'alks. Blue and Sawed 
Stone, Street and Sewer M^ork, Cellar Kottoms. Sodding and trading— 
Office, Xo. 33H and 330 South St. Paul St.. Corner Criffitli. 

Modern civilization is fruitful of demands upon ingenuity, and it not unfrequently 
happens that in responding to the call for greater comfort and convenience the 
inventor unwittingly stumbles upon agencies that conduce to both health and happiness. 
A case in point is the ordinary stoneware drain and sewer pipe, unknown a few years ago. 
Once perfected and its advantages demonstrated, it became immediately popular, and 
for drainage purposes has almost entirely superseded iron and wood, because it 
neither rusts nor decays, is cleanly, convenient, comparatively light, and ultimately 
the cheapest material for the purpose ever discovered. So great has grown the 
demand for this description of underground pipe that depots for its sale are found in 
every city and progressive town in the United States. Rochester is, of course, liber- 
ally suppHed, and one of her principal houses in this trade is that of Thomas Oliver 
& Sons, whose office is at Nos. 328 and 330 South St. Paul and 1, 3 and 5 Griffith streets. 
The firm are also general dealers in masons' materials— lime, Portland and Rosen- 
dale cement, water lime, plaster paris, kaolin, marble dust, plastereis' mortar, plaster- 
ers' hair, Rookaway sand, fire brick, fire clay, stove cement, pipe chimneys, well 
tubing, etc. — and are contractors for Portland stone walks, blue and sawed stone, 
street and sewer work, cement cellar floors, grading and sodding. The principal 
streets of Rochester are provided with Portland cement sidewalks, and the handiwork 
of this firm is seen wherever they exist, as most of these sidewalks are of their con- 
struction and are unsurpassed for neatness, cleanliness and durability. A specialty 
is made of the sale of imported English and German cements. The elder Mr. Oliver 
came to Rochester, very poor, forty-eight years ago. He has led a life of honest toil, 
and is at last the possessor of a comfortable competence. He established himself in 
his present business in 1881, and admitted his sons later— Elmer L. and Horace T. 
Oliver— on their business merits alone. The house is in a flourishing condition, with 
prospects of a long career of usefulness. 



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HAMILTON & MATHEWS, 



f>ealers In Hardware and (Cutlery, House Furnishing <]<oods. Tin Plate, 
Sheet Iron. Tinners" Trininiing:s. Files. Mee.hanies' Tools. Belting,', eto,. — 
^o. 2« Exchange St. 




'Taking into consideration her geographical position, the hardware trade of Roch- 
<ester is rather surprising both in volume and value. But there are other things 
besides mere location to be taken into account — among them the progressive character 
and consequent wealth and growing prosperity of the people who make this their base 
of supplies, and the wide-awake enterprise of Rochester merchants and manufacturers, 
who are always among the first in the field with the best goods and latest novelties, 
-whether of home or foreign origin, which are invariably supplied to dealers and con- 
sumers on as favorable terms as the most exacting could reasonably ask. 

Conspicuous among those who have thus distinguished themselves is the old and 
■noted house of Hamilton & Mathews, founded in 1865 by Love & Hamilton on West 
Main street. The present firm was organized in 1867 and in 1877 removed to No. 26 
Exchange street, where tbey have erected their present store. The members are 
Messrs. Arthur S. Hamilton, Robert Mathews of the original firm, and James H. 
Boucher, all well-known and respected citizens, popular business men and energetic 
promoters of every enterprise that gives promise of resulting in the advantage of 
Rochester. They are among the most active members of the new Chamber of Com- 
merce, of which influential body Mr. Hamilton is a manager and executive committee- 
man. The house is a leading one in its line of trade and commands a vast patronage 
from Eastern, Central and Western New York, more particularly along the main line 
and branches of the N. Y. C. & H. R. railway, and from Northern Pennsylvania. 

The premises at No. 26 Exchange street are worthy of so prominent a concern, and 
comprise an imposing four-story-and basement building, 25^^^ feet front by 156 feet 
■deep, with ornate stone front and immense plate glass windows, the property of the 
firm. The first fioor is set aside for the accommodation of the retail trade exclusively, 
and is one of the most complete and conveniently arranged stores in the city. On 
the second fioor are the offices and sample rooms for wholesale buyers, and the third 
^nd fourth floors and lofts over the adjoining Nos. 24. 28 and HO Exchange street are 
utilized for the storage of stock and for shipping purposes. The house carries inex- 
haustible lines of builders' hardware, edge tools, files, cutlery, tin plate, sheet iron, 
tinners' trimmings, leather belting, house furnishing goods, etc., and offers superior 
inducements to the trade. A specialty of their own manufacture, very popular and 
•salable, is the neat and tasty "Golden Rod" doll's brass bedstead, illustrated herewith, 
■strong and durable, made of best brass wire, riveted by a patent process. It can be 
folded and forwarded by mail or express, and every little girl should have one. They 
are made in four sizes and styles of upholstery and sold from .SI to $12 each. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



A. S. MANN & CO. 



Abram S. Mann and Klbert B. Mann— Dealers in Dry Goods, Fancy Ooods 
Si^otions, Hosiery, etc.— Powers Block, State Street. 

A conspicuous representation of the dry goods trade of Rochester and of Western 
New York is the elegant establishment of A. S. Mann & Co., Powers Block, State 
street, where the firm occupy one of the most convenient and attractive store-rooms 
in the city, tastefully and luxuriously arranged and appointed, with ample storage 
basement below. This firm has been engaged in its present calling for many years, 
and has learned by experience what is required by the best class of buyers in this 
market. Consequently its counters are at all times crowded with the wealth, fashion 
and good taste of Rochester and vicinity, in search of the very latest styles and most 
reliable fabrics from the celebrated English and French looms, together with laces, 
lingerie, notions, etc. 

It has been aptly said that no store of the kind in the United States — not even ex- 
cepting those of the metropolis — is more magnificent or better stocked as regards, 
variety of choice goods, and the discriminating fair gex of Rochester, appreciating 
this fact and recognizing the forethought and labor which enables them to obtain at 
home the choicest importations, lavish upon Messrs. A. S. Mann & Co. a patronage 
that makes this the most popular as it is already one of the most carefully conducted 
and prosperous dry goods emporiums in the city. 



VAN DE CARR SPICE CO. 



R. D. Van DeCarr. Manager; X. M. Van De Carr, Superintendent— Jobbers'of 
Coffee and Spices, Manufacturers of Dry Mustards. Cream Tartar, Baking 
Po^vder. Flavoring Extracts, and ferrocers' Sundries. 




The goods of this company are so well known and popular throughout the Middle- 
and Western States as to need no special commendation at our hands. We print- 
above a cut of their extensive plant, which is a four-story brick building, 80x88 feet, 
located on South Water street, Nos. 17 to 25. There are from twenty to twenty-five^ 
employes in the building, and four salesmen kept constantly on the road. The 
machinery is of the most improved pattern, and consists of a 25 horse-power boiler 
and engine, coffee roasters and granulators, spice mills, mustard and baking powder 
machines, printing presses, elevators, etc. 

Mr. R. ID. Van De Carr, the present manager, originated the house in 1863, and it 
is mainly owing to his splendid business ability, energy and industry that the enter- 



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prise has reached its commandingr position in the manufacturing and commercial 
world. His son, Mr. N. M. Van De Carr, now superintendent, is a practical spice 
miller and coffee roaster. He has a thorough knowledge of every branch of the busi- 
ness pertaining to manufacture. There is every indication that the Van De Carr 
Spice Company has yet before it many years of prosperity and usefulness. This 
house manufactures extensively a line of goods known as 




There are seventy or more articles on the list at present, to which they are 
constantly adding new goods. No small amount of credit is due this enterpris- 
ing house for the excellent style and superior quality of the goods they are placing 
on the market. The large and increasing sales attest their popularity and worth. _ j 



ROCHESTER BRICK AND TILE 

COMPANY. 



MANUFACTURING 



Ira li. Otis. President and Treasurer ; Edi^ard Harris, Secretary ; Manufac- 
turers of Terra Cotta. Drain Tile and Pressed Brick— Works at Brighton, 
If. Y.; Office. Room 343 Powers' Block. 

The great fire of Chicago in 1871 created a revolution in building materials, as 
that fearful calamity demonstrated the inefficacy of stone as a fire-proof substance 
and exhibited the excellent qualities of brick as an indestructible article when 
assailed by fire. Therefore, brick has become the favorite substance employed in 
the erection of large and fire-proof buildings. It was also found expedient to devise 
some other ornament than the old-fashioned caps and sills of stone, to make the 
buildings handsomer and more architecturally perfect; and terracotta was found to 
admirably serve this purpose. 

The largest house in Western New York that manufactures these articles is that 
of the Rochester Brick and Tile Manufacturing Company, of which Mr. Ira L. Otis is 
president and treasurer, and Mr. Edward Harris secretary. This house was 
established in 1853, and was re-incorporated in 1883, with a capital stock of $84,000 
and the officers as at present. Their yards and works at Brighton cover two 
hundred and fifty acres and there are employed two hundred workmen and a large 
quantity of the latest designs of brick machinery. There are manufactured fifteen 
million bricks annually, besides large quantities of terra-cotta, drain tile and pressed 
brick. The product of these works finds ready purchasers in this city and adjacent 
localities, and within the past two years the Bochester Brick Manufacturing Com- 
pany have furnished the brick for the new Safe Deposit building, the Ellw^anger & 
Barry building and the New York, Lake Erie and Western depot, besides to other 
innumerable minor enterprises. 

Both officers of the company are old residents of this city and well-known business 
men, and the success which they have achieved is conceded to be simply their due 
for their integrity, perseverance and excellent business methods. 



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JAMES VICK, SEEDSMAN. 



Cri'onnds, East Ave. and near liake Ontario : Wareliouse. East Arc. and Floral 
St.— Frank H. Vick, Pi-esident : Cliarles H. Vick, »ecretai*y ; James Viek. 
Treasurer. 




It is safe to say that very few intelligent reading people in this country or iu' 
Europe, whether immediately interested in agriculture, horticulture and floriculture 
or not, are entirely uninformed concerning the name and career of the much-lamented 
gentleman whose protrait we print herewith— the most industrious, progressive, suc- 
cessful and eniment man who ever turned his attention to improving and cultivating 
flowers and vegetables and the arousing of a widespread interest in this usefvil and 
beautiful work. Mr. Viok's life history is thus briefly outlined: He was born in Eng- 
land in 1818, and brought to New York by his parents while a child. Having served a 
three years' apprenticeship to the printing business, he settled in Rochester and for 
a time wrought at the ease, cultivating a beautiful garden in his leisure hours^ and 
gradually acquiring a practical knowledge of plants and their habits which fitted 
him in part for his future career. He opened correspondence with distinguished 
botanists, florists, gardeners and others on both sides of the Atlantic ; established the 
jEforiiewZ^itHsi monthly ; assumed editorial charge of Moore's Rural Neio Yorker; 
contributed to leading publications of the same class elsewhere; continued his ex- 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



periments and labors as a cultivator, and came in time to be regarded as a high au- 
thority on field and garden. In 1855 he withdrew from the tripod, and for the re- 
mainder of his life devoted himself to practical out-door work, gradually extending 
his operations until at the time of his death, in 1882, he had under cultivation two sep- 
arate tracts of land— one of 100 acres fronting on East avenue in the city, the other 
of 60 acres, four miles north, near Lake Ontario. He was also publisher of Vick's 
Flower and Vegetable Garden, Vick's Floral Guide, and Vich''s Illustrated Monthly 
Magazine, all beautifully illustrated and printed and ably edited, and each having 
an enormous patronage among the educated rural classes of the entire continent. 
The magnificent East avenue warehouse (including a thoroughly equipped printing 
establishment) was erected and occupied in 1880. It is of brick, 54x162 feet, four 
stories and basement, and the largest, most convenient and in all respects most perfect 
establishment of the kind on earth. A large number of greenhouses of ample di- 
mensions, heated by hot water pipes, are provided at each of the farms for the safe 
keeping during winter of delicate roots, bulbs, flowering plants, etc., and the services 
of one hundred and twenty-five people are required in the various operations of the 
bouse the year round. 

Since the demise of the elder Mr. Vick the business founded by him has been 
continued in all its ramifications by his sons, James, Frank H., Charles H., and E. C. 
W. — the last named retiring in 1885. The company as it now stands was incorporated 
July 1, 1885, as "James Vick, Seedsman," with a capital stock of S125,000, Frank H. 
Vick, president ; Charles H. Vick, secretary ; James Vick, treasurer — all born here 
and bred to the calling in which they are engaged. It is almost superfluous to add 
that with their experience and unlimited facilities they will continue at the head and 
front of the trade in flower and vegetable seeds and small fruits. 

All of the brothers are connected with the new Chamber of Commerce, and are 
recognized leaders in every movement having for its object the manufacturing and 
commercial advancement of the city of their birth. 



M. B. SHANTZ & CO. 




SEoses B. (^hantz, Henry^; Osgood and John S. Binsenian— Manufacturers and 
Importers of Buttons— N0.31 11 Xortli ^Vater St. 

This unique enterprise was 
founded by Mr. Moses B. 
Shantz, the senior partner, 
during the summer of 1887, 
and the firm has already 
augumented the excellent 
trade enjoyed by them all 
over the United States. ^Mr. Shantz was formerly manager of the largest button 
manufactory in Canada, at Berlin, Ont., and is one of the best known men in this 
business. He came to Rochester in the summer of 1887 to found this house. Mr. 
John S. Bingeman was formerly connected with the house of Bingeman, Shantz & Co., 
bb ers of trimmings, buttons, etc., of Berlin, Canada, coming here to enter the enter- 
jprise in which he is at present engaged. 

The building occupied by the firm is at No. Ill North Water street, and comprises 
four stories and basement, 2')x90 feet, where they have an excellent line of special 
machinery for the manufacture of buttons, and employ a large number of hands. 
The specialties of their trade are ivory coat and vest buttons, the material of which 
they are made being vegetable ivory, a substance which has all the hardness of ele- 
phant ivory without the brittleness of the latter material, and takes an equally fine 
polish and finish. The vegetable ivory is imported from Africa, Mexico, Peru, Ecua- 
dor and other Central and South American countries direct, and large quantities of it 
are used by this firm. 

Since the establishment of this enterprise business has been extremely good, and 
the probabilities are that the present output will be doubled before the ending of the 
year's business 

Mr. Shantz, as will be seen by reference to the account of his former connection 
■with the Canadian house, is one of the oldest manufacturers in the country in this 
line. This house is the only enterprise manufacturing buttons in Rochester. 



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SIDNEY B. ROBY, 



V^'liolesale Dealer in Iron and Steel, Carriage Materials, Blacksmith Supplies, 
Saddlery Hard^vare, Horse Clothing, etc.— Agent for llochester Wheel Co.'s 
Wheels, S. B. R. & Co. Steel Tire, and Harlaiid &. Son's English Varnishes- 
Importer of English Broadcloths and Corduroys and Ciernian Sleigh 
Plushes— Nos. 98 State and G7, <>» and 71 Mill Sts. 

This is not only the largest but the pioneer house 

of the kind in Western New York, established by 

ll -^ t!^\ """ '^i ^^^ present proprietor nearly thirty-five years ago, in 

JMpmai!|ki^J^^ jmi; ,i,i„iM.il i| | 1853. Mr. Sidney B, Roby, a native of Oneida county, 

served his apprenticeship in New York city, and in 
the year named came to Rochester, a young and enter- 
prising man, and set up in business for himself on 
State street opposite Market. In 1854 Mr. S. A. 
Stevens became his partner under the firm name of 
Roby & Stevens, but retired in 1858, Mr. Rbby con- 
tinuing alone until 1870, when Mr. Henry W. Carey 
was admitted and the style changed to S. B. Roby & 
Co. Mr. Carey remained until 1882 — twelve years — 
when he also retired, and Messrs. M. F. Brown and 
S. J. Roby became partners under the former style. 
Both of these gentlemen retired in 1884, since which 
time Mr. Roby has managed the business on his indi- 
vidual account and under his own name. It should 
be remarked here that in all these changes Mr. Roby 
never entirely relinquished the direction of affairs, 
and he may justly claim the honor of originating and 
developing to its present immense proportions the 
splendid establishment over which he presides with 
as much vigor and sagacity as ever. In 1870 he 
purchased the building previously occupied by E. S. 
Boughton, dealer in hardware and iron, remodeled 
and restocked it, and has remained in the same place 
up^to the present time, though the premises have re- 
quired several enlargements and improvements, now 
comprising two buildings, one 20x204 feet, fronting 
on State street, the other 36x90 feet, fronting on Mill 
street. Both are four stories in height, with com- 
modious basements, and run clear through the block, 
affording unobstructed access to any department from 
either street. Twenty-five men are required as assistants, and the amount of business 
transacted — almost exclusively with dealers and carriage manufacturers in this 
State and Pennsylvania— is something enormous, as is shown by the fact that his 
receipts and shipments by rail and canal exceed in tonnage those of any house 
doing business in Rochester. Mr. Roby is also the founder and sole proprietor of 
the Rochester Wheel Company, whose plant, noticed elsewhere in these pages, is 
the most extensive of the kind in the State. 

Mr. Roby carries vast and varied stocks of all materials and goods in his line — 
iron, steel, carriage materials, blacksmith supplies, saddlery and harness hardware, 
wheels, steel tire, English varnish, English broadcloths and corduroys, German 
sleigh plushes, and everything required by the trade. He imports goods of foreign 
make for his own trade, and enjoys other advantages which enable him to quote such 
figures as no rival dealer west of New I'^ork can offer. He is a prominent citizen 
and a leading member and director of the Chamber of Commerce. 




136 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



ARCHER MANUFACTURING CO. 



Ceo. "^l^ Archer, President ; Jno, ,"%V. Archer, Vi»e-Presi<leiit; Henry C. White, 
Secretary and Treasurer— Manufacturers of Dentists', Barbers' and Physi- 
cians" Cliairs, Piano and Counter Stools, etc.— Office and Factory, Xos. ."i, 7 and 
9 IHiorth Water St. ; Brancli Office and W^arerooms, Xo. 'i)i7 Canal St Xew- 
York. 






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The Archer Manufacturing Company, incorporated with a paid-up capital of 
$85,000 in 188i, was fovinded more than thirty years ago by K. W. Archer & Bro., who 
commenced in a small way, but gradually built up a flourishing business, which they 
continued until 1873, when Mr. Geo. W. Archer succeeded and for the ensuing seven 
years conducted both factory and office with increasing success. In 1880 he admitted 
as a partner Mr. Jno. W. Archer, and up to the time of incorporation the style was 
Geo. W. Archer & Co. The importance of this great industry to the city, and the 
powerful influence for good it exercises, is generally recognized by all classes, and 
probably the elimination of no other manufacturing concern here would be greeted 
with more widespread regret, should the proprietors determine to remove, which is 
hardly supposable, since all their interests are here and they themselves are person- 
ally identified with the city. 

The Archer Manufacturing Company's plant at Nos. 5, 7 and 9 North Water street 
is one of the largest, most complete and valuable of the kind in this country, or any 





other, occupying a spacious and substantial six-story brick building 50x100 feet, with 
basement and sub-basement under all, and provided with both steam and water power 
for the operation of a magnificent equipment of ingenious and improved modern wood- 
working machinery, much of which was specially designed and constructed for this 
concern. Entering from the street the visitor finds himself in the office and sales- 
room department, where he may inspect at his leisure the most comprehensive and 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 137 

beautiful display of elaborate physicians', dentists' and barbers' chairs, piano and 
counter stools and kindred goods ever collected under one roof. The second tioor is 
utilized as an immense wareroom tor the storage of goods preparatory to shipment. 
On the third floor is the upholstering and fitting department; on the fourth the wood- 
working and cabinet department; on the fifth the finishing and varnishing rooms, 
and the sixth floor is devoted to the storage of upholstery and hardware stock, 
patterns, etc. Perfect order and system reign throughout, and. aided by the unsur- 
passed mechanical appliances so lavishly provided, the one hundred skilled operatives 
turn out vast quantities of superb goods, which are sold in every principal market of 
Europe, Asia and America, wherever scientific medicine and dentistry fiourish, or 
comfort and luxury are appreciated adjuncts of the barber's art. We have not at 
our disposal the space for a detailed description of these goods, and therefore refer 
the reader to the accompanying cuts. Full catalogues and descriptive price lists 
are supplied to the trade on application. 

Mr. Geo. W. Archer, the president of this wonderfully successful company, is one of 
Rochester's leading citizens and most enterprising business men, an incorporator and 
director of the Merchants Bank, vice-president and a director of the Brush Electric 
Light Company, president of the Rochester Driving Park Association, and largely 
interested in Pennsylvania oil lands, as well as valuable real estate in this vicinity. 
The handsome and commodious Archer block on St. Paul street, erected at a time 
when imposing buildings were scarcely thought of for that thoroughfare, presents an 
example of his far-sighted public spirit. He also owns the building occupied by the 
Archer Manufacturing Company, all of whose officers are devoted and enthusiastic 
Chamber of Commerce men. 



THE MERCANTILE AGENCY. 



R. G. Dun & Co., Proprietors— Established 1841— Prinetpal Oflice, Xe^v York; 
Rochester Office at Xo. 77i State St.— Thomas B. Griffith, Manager. 

This wonderful system of furnishing mercantile, commercial and financial 
ratings was established by Judge Lewis Tappau of New York city in 1841, at that 
metropolis. The business, after passing through several mutations of proprietorship, 
ultimately became concentrated in the present corporation of R. G. Dun & Co. 

The work done by this house, in the vast quantity of valuable information 
furnished to its subscribers, is too generally known to require much elaboration at 
our hands, for there is no place in the United States or Canada of any size or import- 
ance where there is not an agency of this celebrated house. The work performed 
by them requires an annual outlay of some 83,000,000, and the maintenance of one 
hundred and twenty-five branch offices, which are in charge of most capable and 
experienced managers. 

The agency has also an extensive law and collection department. This depart- 
ment of the Rochester office is under the charge of Mr. Scott Cummings, one of the 
leading attorneys of Rochester, and conducts a very large collection business through- 
out the country. 

The branch in this city was founded in 1870, and at the present time occupies the 
commodious offices on the first floor of the Wisner block, at No. 75 State street, 
where twenty employes are constantly kept busy in the multifarious duties neces- 
sitated by the magnitude of this enterprise. 

This branch is under the competent administration of Mr. T. B. Griffith, for 
several years connected with the New York office. Under his able management this 
branch has become one of the most prosperous in the business. Mr. Griffith is 
widely known through this section of the State. He is a very energetic, thoroughly 
capable, efficient and popular gentleman, of bioad and liberal views, whose personal 
affability and courteous demeanor are no small factors in the prestige of the agency 
here. He was one of the originators of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, acting as 
secretary for some time before a permanent secretary was appointed, and it was 
largely through his efforts that the organization attained its present magnitude, 
being now one of the most powerful business organizations in the State, with a 
membership of over three hundred and fifty members. 



138 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



H. B. WILLIAMS & CO., 



Manufiicturers of Patent steel Tubular Boilers, Small Marine and Highspeed 
Engines, Liiglit I>raft Steam fjaunohes, the Patent Automatic Skag, etc.— Wo. 
149 State St. 




This well-knowu house manufactures pleasure and fishing boats, and also fits them 
up with their celebrated boilers and engines. Inasmuch as there are innumerable 
other houses in the country that do the same thing, the query arises, wherein are the 




manufactures of Messrs, H. B. Williams & Co. better than those of any other make ? 
The answer is in the excellence of their patent tubular steel boilers, the compactness 
and perfection of their engines, the superiority of their build of boats, and their pecu- 
liar and unapproachable patent device, the automatic adjustable skag, illustrated 
above. In deep water the propeller is completely submerged, thereby attaining its 
full power, but as any shoal water or obstacle is reached by the boat as it passes over 
it, the skag is gradually lifted until the entire mechanism is a little higher than the 
.evel of the keel, the propeller meanwhile working as regularly as ever. 

Messrs. H. B. Williams & Co. also make excellent engines for manufacturing pur- 
poses, of one, two, three, four, six and ten horse-power, that are claimed to be the best 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



139 



in the market. They are highly tinished, furnished with the patent steel tubular 
boiler, are of great strength and durability and warranted to give satisfaction. 




Plate 1. 




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The boats built are Carvel build and 
are of very light draft and of great beauty 
of construction. The illustrations pre- 
sented [herewith will give some general 
idea of their outline, and by communi- 
cating with Messrs. H. B. Williams & Co. 
at No. 149 State street they will mail a 
full descriptive catalogue and price list. 
They are also building large passenger 
and freight steamers, with either single 
or double wheels, on the same light draft 
principle, and also build direct-acting 
steam yachts. 

The members of the firm are natives 
of the city and thoroughly practical me- 
chanical engineers of extensive experi- 
ence. 



140 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. 



Man nfaetnrei'8 of Microscopes, Telescopes. Photographic licnses. Fye «iHasses, 
Magnifiers and otlicr Optical Instruments— ]\os. 531 and 543 Xorth St. 
Paul St., Rochester, IV. Y.; Branch Ofltlce. Xos. 4!>« and .'iO Maiden £iane. 
Xe«' York City. 




One of the most important and influential integers of the commercial advance- 
ment and prosperity of this city is the magnificent establishment of the Bauseh & 
Lomb Optical Company, occupying their own handsome building from Nos. 531 to 
543 North St. Paul street, where they manufacture the finest quality of micro- 
scopes and accessories pertaining to them, magnifiers, eye glasses, etc. The company 
after a series of experim'^nts, have succeeded in producing photographioj^lenses of 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 141 

the highest order, the manufacture of which has become a separate and important 
department. 

The comprehensive factory was established by J. J. Bausch and H. Lomb in 1860. 
The buildings are complete and perfectly arranged for the various purposes required, 
and in the factory proper the most systematic division of the work performed is made 
and the operation of this, the largest establishment of its kind in the United States, 
and one of the largest in the world, is more like the movement of a beautiful and ac- 
curate piece of mechanism than a manufactory wherein three hundred operatives 
are employed. 

As can readily be imagined from the exceeding delicacy and perfect adjustment 
of the many articles made, the workmen all require an exceptional degree of skill and 
intelligence in their several provinces, and they are carefiilly selected with this end in 
view. The special machinery used by the company is also constructed for the most 
part by themselves from their individual designs. The main building is five stories 
high, 200x30 feet, with a wing of the same height, 60x26 feet, both built in the most 
substantial manner and presenting a very handsome architectural appearance. Two 
additions have also been erected — one of two stories high, 36x40 feet, and the other 
three stories 24x48 feet. The engine and boiler rooms are 60x30 feet and contain two 
engines, one of fifty-seven horse-power, and the other of two hundred horse-power, 
supplied by two one-hundred horse-power boilers. 

Messrs.Bausch & Lomb are old citizens of Rochester and have long been iden- 
tified in a prominent manner with all that tended to the material advancement and 
prosperity of the city. From a comparatively small commencement, this enterprise 
has been built up until now it is the largest in the country, their sales being made all 
over the civilized globe and very many of the articles of their manufacture having 
been adopted by the army and navy departments of the U. S. government. Business 
with tho company is very good and is rapidly increasing, and the Bausch & Lomb 
Optical Company have, during the past year, added many improvements and facilities 
besides extending their buildings to accommodate this augmented trade. 

The company have also established a magnificent library for the use of their em- 
ployes, and have also in successful operation a mutual benefit association that is 
of vast assistance to their workmen and unanimously availed of by tbem. Branch 
office at Nos. 48 and 50 Maiden lane, New York where there is a full stock of goods 
always on hand for the convenience of their customers. 



ROCHESTER SEWER PIPE CO. 



Ira li. Otis and M'iUiam H. Clorsline, Proprietors— Manufacturers of Steam- 
Pressert. Salt-Cilazed, Vitrified Sewer and Drain Pipe— Manufactory and 
Yard, Oalt Street : Office. 353 Powders' Bloclt— Xew Yoi*k Office and Yard, 
East ISMtlt St.. Mott Haven. 

There is no more important accessory to a healthy residence than proper sewerage 
facilities, and for these to be complete in their arrangement and use good sewer pipe 
and drain pipe is absolutely needful, sewer pipe that is absolutely water and air tight, 
impervious to the noxious gases generated by the feculent matter carried away by 
pipe. Such material is made by the Rochester Sewer Pipe Company, of which 
Messrs. Ira L. Otis and William H. Gorsline are proprietors, and whose extensive 
premises,covering three acres of ground, are located at Oak street, where they employ 
seventy operatives, and have a large plant and a large quantity of improved machin- 
ery for the manu'acture of steam-pressed, salt-glazed, vitrified sewer and drain-pipe. 
The amount of the company's annual sales averages S600,000, and these are made 
throughout the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New England 
and Canada. 

The business carried on by Messrs. Otis & Gorsline is one of the oldest in the 
State, having been established for many years, and is also one of the largest, conse- 
quent upon the superiority of the giodsthey manufacture. Both members of the 
firm are old residents of Rochester, and are eminent both in their individual and 
commercial capacities, Mr. Grorsline having been elected manager of the Chamber of 
Commerce for three years at the election of December 19,whenthe new Chamber took 
its primal corporate existence. 

The home office is at room 243 Powers' block; the New York office and yard at 
East 138th street, Mott Haven. 



142 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



JOHN A. SMITH, 




Manufacturer of ii^ash. Doors and Blinds, Dealer in Plate and fi^lieet QIass at 
Wholesale and Retail— Xos. 175. 177. 170 and 181 Exolian^e St. 

This euterprise, which now 
ranks among the most im- 
portant of the industries of 
this city, was established by 
the present proprietor in' 
December, 1876, and at the 
present time occupies the 
commodious buildings at 
Nos. 175 to 181 Exchange 
street, where two floors are 
occupied, 65x154 feet, the 
area of floor space being 
20,100 feet, where fifty work- 
men are employed and a 
particularly fine plant of im- 
proved wood-working ma- 
chinery of all classes. At 
the time of Mr. Smith's 
starting in the business his 
capital was $2.50, and he 
used the hand-sled to haul 
his first manufacture — six 
pairs of blinds— to his customer, in January, 1S77, he being unable to pay a drayman. 
This incident is illustrated below. There is also a special machine, which is the only 
one in the world, for plowing and boring window sash, and which was invented by 
Mr. Smith and specially constructed for him. This machine automatically bores a 
hole at right angles and plows 
a groove for the cord to work 
in, whereby the old system 
of attaching cord to the sash 
is dispensed with. By the 
new method the cord is 
simply knotted, not nailed 
to the sash, and is kept taut 
by the sash-weight, and when 
it becomes frayed or worn 
out it is easily and readily 
removed and replaced. An- 
other machine specially made 
for Mr. Smith after his design 
is a blind mortise machine, 
which mortises the wood- 
work so that no ends are perceptible, a great improvement over the oKl method. 

From his beginning the first year of transactions — amounting to less than 85,000 — 
he has amplified his trade until now it amounts to over $100,000 annually, and has a 
very large local trade, besides making shipments of large quantities of various 
materials to all parts of the United States. 

The plant operated by Mr. Smith is the largest throughout Central and Western 
New York, except one or two similar factories in Buffalo. He makes sash, doors, 
blinds, mouldings, brackets, newels, balusters and stair rails, and also makes a spe- 
cialty of interior wood-finishing, during the past year having manufactured such 
material for the new Clinton Hotel, the Ellwanger & Barry block, the Bausch & Lomb 
Optical Company's new addition to their building, the Meyer building, and many 
others. Mr. Smith uses every year nearly two million feet of pine and hardwood 
lumber, and has on his commodious premises seven dry kilns where he can dry 
seventy-five thousand feet of lumber simultaneously. 

Mr. Smith also deals iu plate and sheet glass at wholesale and retail, in which 

branch his sales amount to $25,000 per annum. Business with this enterprising 

house has been extremely good during the past year, rendering it necessary to run 

he factory at its full working capacity, and the indications for the current year are 

hat it will be needful to similarly tax the resources of manufacture. 




IHE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



143 



WARRANT & SOUTHWORTH, 



J>ealers in IIard\*'are. Kanjies. Cooking; and Parlorj Stoves— Tin,, 
Sheet Iron M orl»ers—\o. 3« South )St. Paul St. 



Copper and 



In 1819, when Roch- 
ester was a village, Mr. 
Thomas Warrant came 
here from England — 
the first coppersmith 
who ever plied his call- 
ing on the banks of 
the Genesee — bringing 
with him his family, 
one of the members of 
which was a chubby 
boy baby barely a year 
old, named John W. 
Mr. Warrant was an 
industrious and skill- 
ful mechanic, and 
when his son arrived at 
the proper age he was 
taken into the shop 
and thoroughly taught 
the art and mystery of 
coppersmithing with 
the collateral branches 
of tin and sheet iron 
working. When 
twenty -two years of 
age — in 1841 — John 
W. Warrant decided to 
to enter into business, 
and formed a co-part- 
ner ship, under the 
style of T. M. & J. W. Warrant, T. M. Warrant being one of the most skillful mechan- 
ics of his time, their shops being located at No. 18 South St. Paul street. The senior 
member subsequently retired, and in 1850 the remaining member admitted a partner 
in the person of Mr, J. B. Southworth, a native of Warren, Oneida county, N. Y., who 
had resided here lor sixteen years previously. This, briefly, was the origin of the 
noted hardware, stove, tin, sheet iron and copper house of Warrant & Southworth, 
which in 1852 removed to the location ever since occupied by it, No. 36 South St. 
Paul street. From the first the policy of the firm has been one of strict integrity, 
straightforward dealing, promptitude and liberality, and it en joys the rare distinction 
of having weathered every financial storm of the past thirty-six years triumphantly 
and with honor, has always paid its creditors one hundred cents on the dollar, and is, 
if possible, sounder to-day than ever before. Here is a record to exhibit with 
satisfaction. 

The firm own and occupy all of the four-story building, 20x85 feet, at the place 
named, No. 36 South St. Paul street, one of the most commodious and conveniently 
arranged of the kind in the country. 

The firm of Warrant & Southworth make a specialty of the manufacture of 
milk cans, and these articles are conceded by the trade and users to be the best 
manufactured. In their copper, tin and sheet iron smithing department they have 
ample facilities for the execution of all orders at short notice and in the best manner, 
and in all cases where sales are made or woik done guarantee satisfaction to patrons. 




144 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



THE REMINGTON STANDARD TYPE-WRITER. 




iji. ^VyeUolT, General llaiiag:er for M'esterii !\'e\v York— Rochester Xtraneh 
Oftiee. Room 413 Powers Blook. 

All business men, and most people who 
are neither business nor professional men, 
are more or less familiar with the type-writer 
in some form, and those who use them are 
liable to become prejudiced in favor of one 
kind and against all others — an error more 
easily fallen into than clambered out of. An 
excellent rule iu this as in most temporal 
and spiritual affairs is to " prove all things 
and hold fast that which is good." One of 
the best evidences of the excellence of a 
machine, or of anything else depending for 
its success upon popular favor, is the extent 
to which it sells — the market that it has 
made for itself on merit alone. Applying 
this test to the type-writer, the figures and general observation show that the Rem- 
ington Standard leads all others, is in use everywhere, gives universal satisfaction, 
and is therefore entitled to the award of the name of "best." We have no means at 
hand of ascertaining the number of these useful— nay, indispensable — machines that 
have been sold in this country and throughout the civilized world, but some idea may 
be formed of the demand when the fact is stated that the immense factory at Ilion, 
N. Y., equipped in the completest and costliest manner with every time and labor- 
saving device the ingenuity of man can conceive and perfect, and employing three 
hundred trained and skillful workmen, is constantly pushed to the utmost, and is 
usually so crowded that orders are booked months in advance of the time when they 
can possibly be filled. 

The history of the type-writer and its vicissitudes at the hands of the inventors 
is an interesting chapter, but space forbids its insertion here. Suffice it to say that 
when Messrs. Sholes, Soule, Glidden and Densman had worked and experimented for 
years, and finally perfected it sufficiently to make it a practicable machine, it was 
taken in 1873 to E. Remington & Sons' factory to be manufactured in quantities, and 
placed in the hands of some of the most skillful workmen in the United States, who 
at once set about improving it — a process continued until the present time, with the 
results now before us. For some time the Remingtons both made and sold the 
machine; then Fairbanks & Co., scale manufacturers, handled it for several years 
through their agents, when the Remingtons again assumed the sales. In August, 
1882, the firm of Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, of New York city, were appointed 
sole agents for the sale of the machines throughout the world. Under their manage- 
ment the sales increased to such an extent that the Remingtons were compelled to 
add to their buildings — already the largest of the kind in the world — and increase 
the force of skilled artisans. In the early part of 1886 Messrs. Wyckoff, Seamans & 
Benedict, feeling it important, for many reasons, to be more intimately connected 
with the manufacture of the type-writer, purchased of E. Remington & Sons the plant 
and all the franchises and rights of manufacture, and (in connection with a few of 
their friends) organized the Standard Type-writer Manufacturing Company, who are 
now the makers of the machines." This company took into their employ all the 
skilled workmen who had been gathered together by the Remingtons, and profiting 
by the experience of Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict as sellers of the machines, and by 
their knowledge of the requirements which comes only from close contact with users 
of type-writers, they have made still further improvements in manufacture which the 
public have not been slow to appreciate. The result is that the demand is constantly 
and rapidly increasing, and the Remington type writer takes a place with the finest 
machinery made in our times. 

The general agency for Western New York is located in room 413 Powers' block, 
Rochester, Mr. E. G. Wyckoff, a son of the senior member of the company, manager. 
Mr. W. is an active, enterprising and capable young gentleman, and, having the best 
possible facilities as well as a thorough practical knowledge of the machine and the 
business connected with it, conducts his agency with extraordinary success. Any 
desired information may be obtained on application in person or by letter as above. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 145 

THE BRADSTREET MERCANTILE AGENCY. 



The Brailstreet Company. Proprietors— Execiitive Olliees, Xos. 'i79. 281 and 283 
Broadway. Xew York— Oftiees in tlie Principal Cities of the I'nited States, 
Canada, tlie European Continent. Australia, and in I^ondon— Rochester 
Oftice, Monroe County Saviiifts Kank Building. State St. 

It is almost superfluous to explain the purpose and utility of the Mercantile 
Agency, but as many do not understand its object, we may be permitted to say that 
the intention is to give reliable information regarding the financial standing of mer- 
chants, manufacturers, bankers, etc. 

This agency was established in 1849, in response to a demand for advices of the 
condition and standing of parties seeking credit away from their homes. At that 
time transactions were made on long time, and purchasers were made to supply stocks 
semi-annually, because of meager transportation facilities. Originally, only the more 
important dealers were contemplated, as the work then, as compared with the present, 
was cumbersome. Gradually, smaller dealers were included, until the existing meth- 
ods and pvxblications cover every class and degree of business that operates in any 
degree on credit. Kesponding to the requirements of the country's great commer- 
cial, financial and manilfacturing growth, the company has established offices in the 
more important cities of the United States and Canada, the European Continent and 
Australia, and has an established correspondence with all civilized countries, thus 
practically bringing its facilities to the door of every one who may require informa- 
tion regarding the resources and trustworthiness of either home or foreign purchasers 
of this country's manufactures and products, as well as to promulgate to people of 
other countries the financial standing of American merchants and others seeking 
credit abroad. 

This company is prominent among the developing powers of commerce, in that it 
stands in the attitude of an impartial and reliable reflector of existing facts and 
features, as its information reaches the thinking and financially strong classes at large. 
Its reports are considered in the light of a guide, by both investors and those con- 
templating the granting of credit. In addition to a large corps of skilled employes, 
more than one hundred thousand correspondents contribute the result of their in- 
vestigations and opinions. 

The system of the Bradstreet Company is interesting, and appeals to the attention 
of all those who bestow credit. The company observes close relations to its patrons 
and maintains the same upon a basis of practical and strict business methods. Con- 
stant effort is being made to improve the standard of its work, and the expenditure 
of money is not stinted to attain this end. Cheap service is a delusion, as the expe- 
rience of those ivho seek it attests. The Bradstreet Company, while making its terms 
for service as reasonable as the quality of its work will permit, steadily declines to 
lower the standard to meet the erroneously called cheap prices of competitors. 

The Bradstreet Company is the oldest and financially the strongest organization 
of its kind working in one interest and under one management, with wider ramifica- 
tions, with more capital invested in the business — and expends more money every 
year for the collection and dissemination of its informatioyi than any similar insti- 
tution in the world. 

The company also publish weekly Bradstreefs, a journal of trade, finance and 
public economy. 

Tills journal unquestionably has a more extended circulation than any similar 
paper published. It is an acknowledged authority, not only in the United States and 
Canada, bnt in England, on the Continent of Europe, in Australia, and, in fact, every- 
where in the civilized world. Its special trade and industrial reports and its synopsis 
of recent legal decisions constitute an exceedingly valuable feature. As commercial 
transactions, in the wider sense, are coming to be more and more conducted on the 
stcdistical basis, the information contained in ''Bradstreefs" is of the first impor- 
tance both to producers and middle men. Each edition contains the trade and agri- 
cultural situation throughout the United States and Canada, reported by telegraph 
up to the hour of publication. 

The Rochester office has been established many years. It receives, for the use of 
its subscribers, all the information required to properly serve them, thus giving them 
the full benefit of the vast amount expended each year in gathering, formulating and 
promulgating information. 

Patrons and others will always be welcome at the offices of the company, which 
are in the Monroe County Savings Bank building. State street. 



146 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



J. B. LONG, 




Manufacturer^ of and ^Vliolesale and Retail Dealer in AVater Filters. Com- 
bined Water Coolers and Filters, and Cast Tubular Itase Heating Fur- 
nace. Standard Pieced Tinware and (Galvanized Bottom ijioods— Nos. 345 to 
353 South St. Paul St. 

The base-heatinfj cast tubular furnace manufac- 
'tured by Mr. J. B. Long, and illustrated herewitli, is 
constructed on an entirely new principle, and for 
simplicity, durability and economy is believed to have 
mo rival. Constructed throughout of cast iron with 
cap joints filled with sand, they provide for expansion 
and contraction, prevent burning out, cracking and 
escape of gas. The radiating surface is greater than 
that of any other furnace, the air radiator having 
six four-inch tubes connecting with cold air box, 
passing up through inner dome, which is hollow and 
provided with six four-inch outlets at top of dome; 
the base is cast with tiue under bottom of ash pit. 
The draft flue is continuous over the top of furnace 
down inside of casing to bottom of furnace, across 
under bottom of ash pit to outside of casing, thence 
J to top of furnace, where it connects with chimney. An 
^ improved dust damper carries the dust from ash pit 
4 to dome and also operates as a check draft the same as 
jithe dust damper on all base-heating stoves, this pro- 
vided to regulate all drafts when the cold air enters 
the furnace from the cold air box, giving regular heat in all parts of the house. The 
style of grate used is anti-clinker, made to shake, dump or rake. The principal ad- 
vantages claimed are: 1st. It has the largest radiating surface of any furnace of its 
size. 2d. All parts of its radiating surfaces are so constructed that the cold air comes 
in direct contact with them before it can possibly enter the conducting pipes to the 
rooms above, the cold air thereby absorbing the largest possible amount of heat from 
the heated surfaces of the iron. 3d. It is the only reversible flue furnace made. By 
turning the damper in pipe the drafts are made to pass down under ash pit into the 
base flue of furnace, where all air entering furnace from cold air box is emptied upon 
it before entering the furnace, thereby absorbing all the heat that can possibly be 
saved from the smoke, or by opening damper make a direct draft to chimney. The 
six four-inch cold air tubes come down to the top of ash pit with a bottom opening 
of five inches, taking the cold air direct from the cold air box, which is thoroughly 
heated by the tubes and inner dome radiator, and coming in direct contact with the 
fire as it burns and is drawn up on all sides before it passes into the smoke flue above 
the center of dome and becomes heated and rises out of the top, creates a suction, 
drawing in a strong current of cold air at bottom, making a large, strong current of 
cold air thoroughly heated, passing out at top of tubes 
and entering conducting pipes above, after which we 
have the whole heat from body and fire pot of furnace, 
which air as it comes in contact with the heat surfaces 
of the fire pot and dome, absorbs the heat passing up 
next to casing and is all mingled together in hood of 
casing at top of furnace and conveyed through the 
different pipes to the rooms above as wanted. 

It can be set in the cellar, no matter how low, or 
whether the chimney flue comes to the cellar or is above. 
All rooms in your house can be heated whether you have 
hot air pipes in wall or not. It can be set in stores, or 
on first floors of manufactories, heating the rooms in 
which they are placed, also all rooms above for any 
building having no cellar orj,basement. The furnace can 
be placed on the same floor to be heated, and heat it 
perfectly no matter how large, and at an even tempera- 
ture in all parts. Five sizes of these furnaces are made 
of capacity to warm medium-sized houses, halls, churches 
and factories. Another style of furnace is also manu- 



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factured similar in many respects to the above, but without the air t'lbes and inner 
radiator, and known as the Base Heating Dome Furnace — these combine many 
features of decided advantage and moreo^^r are considerably less in price than the 





Tubular Base Heating Furnace. These two styles are the only base-heating furnaces 
manufactured that combine all the advantages and good qualities of our best base 
heating stoves. 

Mr. Long is also a manufacturer on a large scale of 
water filters and patented combined filters and coolers 
(herewith illustrated), and of standard pieced tinware, 
galvanized bottom goods, etc. He also deals extensively 
in stoves, ranges and similar goods. The salesroom and 
factory for carrying on of his extensive business is the i^J^ G 

first floor and basement of the large three-story double 
brick building Nos. 245 to 253 South St. Paul street. 
Employment is given to forty mechanics in all departments, and the territory em- 
braced in the sale of these standard specialties includes Eastern, Western and 
Southern States. 

Mr. Long is a native of Auburn, Cayuga county, this State, and came to Rochester 
in 1873, and is rated among our popular and prosperous biasiness men. 




FREDERICK A. HEISTER. 



Marble and Oranite Works— Modeler and Cutter of Architectural Carvings 
— SIos. 6 and 8 West Ave. 

The passion for architectural embellishment and for the decoration of architecture 
itself seems inherent in the hearts of all save savages. The architect himself is ever 
ready to encourage the real artist who contributes to the further attractiveness of hi 
work, and the public welcomes and willingly patronizes him who softens and beauti 
fies outlines otherwise perhaps too severe. 

Rochester is fortunate in having at command the services of one of the most 
accomplished artists of this class in the United States in the person of Mr. Frederick 
A. Heister, who established himself here as a modeler and carver in 1886, and is the 
only master of the craft in the city making specialties of statuary, figure-heads and 
ornamental carving in marble and granite. That Mr. Heister's peculiar talents and 
skill are appreciated is shown by the numerous fine specimens of his work to be seen 
on the facades, cornices, archways, etc., of the principal buildings erected since his 
advent, among them the new government building in course of construction, for the 
ornamental stone-work of which he has the contract. At present Mr. Heister has but 
four men in his employ, skilled carvers in stone being ditficult to secure, but the 
indications are that he will be compelled to greatly enlarge his works, now 40x80 feet, 
and increase his working force ere another season. His shop and office are at Nos. 
6 and 8 West avenue. 



148 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

THE STECHER LITHOGRAPHIC COMPANY, 



Cienei'al Lithographers and Publishers of the Horticultural Art Journal— No. 
33« Xorth St. Paul St.— F. A. Steelier, President ; Charles Wurtz. Secretary 
and Treasurer. 

Of all the ornamental and useful arts none have made greater progress within the 
past quarter century — nay, within the past decade — than has lithography. It is not 
too much to claim that, particularly in the United States, this beautiful art now 
occupies a prominent place in the front rank of those which tend to educate the 
public taste. 

One of the most promising of recent ventures in this field of industry is that of 
the Stecher Lithographic Company, established under the firm name of Mensing & 
Stecher in 1870, and incorporated as at present in January, 1887, with Mr. F. A. 
Stecher as president and Mr. Charles Wurtz as secretary and treasurer, and a capital 
stock of $ 1.000,000. The concern is domiciled in the large and convenient building 
at No. 336 North St. Paul street, 40 feet front. 110 feet deep, four stories and base- 
ment, where they possess every facility for the production of the finest work in un- 
limited quantities, employing one hundred people, designers,''draughtsmen, artists, en- 
gravers, pressmen, etc., the machinery plant alone being valued at S125,000. A leading 
specialty of the house is the printing of lithographic work for nurserymen, and in this 
they excel, their reproductions of fruits and flowers being true to nature, even in the 
more delicate and difflcialt tints, and exciting admiration wherever exhibited. The 
company are also publishers of the Horticultural Art Journal — a magnificently 
illustrated periodical — and general lithographers, executing orders to any extent and 
in the highest style of the art, in appropriate designs and colors for advertising or 
other purposes. They do a vast amount of work, not only for nurserymen, manufact- 
urers of proprietary medicines, etc., at home, but for patrons all over the United 
Stntes, Canada, England, Germany and other countries. Trade is always brisk, the 
company turning out an average of one hundred and twenty-five thousand sheets 
daily the year round. 

FLOUR CITY NATIONAL BANK. 



Xo. 3« State St. 

The most important institutions of a city are undoubtedly its banks, upon which 
so largely depend the prosperity of its commerce. Rochester is favored in 
having in its midst a concern of such magnitude and reliability as the Flour City 
National Bank. Established in 1856 under the State law, it was organized as a Na- 
tional bank in ] 867. The capital of f 300,000 is supplemented by a surplus of $330,000. 
The officers of the concern are H. B. Hathaway, president, of the firm of Hathaway 
& Gordon, brewers and maltsters; C. B. Woodworth, vice-president, of Woodworth & 
Sons, perfumers, and also treasurer of the Rochester city street car lines; and William 
Augustus Waters, cashier; a body of gentlemen whose equal for business capacity and 
discretionary judgment in all matters pertaining to finance it would be difficult to 
find The bank makes loans, effects collections, discounts commercial paper, issues 
notes, receives deposits, furnishes letters of credit, deals in United States and local 
securities, foreign and domestic exchange, and, in short, transacts a banking business 
in the most exhaustive sense of the word. Its correspondents, at home and abroad, 
are houses of the highest standing in financial circles. It has always lent its active 
assistance to substantial enterprise, and has been prominently instrumental in the 
progress of this city. The splendid structure of Connecticut brown stone upon State 
street, erected, owned and occupied by the bank, contains commodious offices and 
spacious burglar-proof vaults, perfectly safe receptacles for valuable property. The 
bank subjects its patrons to no risks, but does a steady business upon a sound sys- 
stem. The directors are men of well-known business capacity, who are particularly 
fitted for the positions they occupy. They enjoy the complete confidence and the 
highest respect of the community in the midst of which they have each achieved 
markfed success in other lines of business. 

Mr. Hathaway has successfully managed the affairs of this institution since 1884, 
when he assumed its presidency, having been previously vice-president, and for 
thirteen years member of its board of directors. Mr. Waters has been its cashier for 
over twenty-one years. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 1^9 

ROCHESTER CITY STEAM COFFEE AND SPICE 

MILLS. 



B. B. Van Zandt & Co., Jobbers of Coffees. S^piees. etc.— Nos. 51, 53. 55 and 57 

i^oiith ^Vater St. 

This, the pioneer house of Rochester, has been for forty-four years identified with 
the spice and coffee trade of the city, the growth of which it was largely instrumental 
in furthering, as, founded in 1844, when Rochester had not arrived at the dignity of a 
city, the house, like the town, settled into a steady progress, and while benefited by 
the latter's enlargement, it amply repaid the obligation by the active and etficient 
part it has always taken in the advancement of the interests of the city. The result 
of the company's enterprise and shrewd business conduct is the possession of a large 
and well-rooted trade, and a plant of the best equipped and most ably managed mills 
in the State. These mills have an exceedingly well selected location upon South Water 
street, extending over Nos. 51 to 57, have first-rate business and shipping facilities, 
and are completely fitted with every accessory for the successful prosecution of their 
business. The coffee roasters and spice grinding machinery in particular are the best 
of their kind, and equal to a large output. To itemize, the mills have a daily capacity 
as follows: CofJee, three tons; pepper, one ton; cinnamon, 10,(J00 pounds; allspice, 
cloves, etc., one and a- half tons. But these figures, large as they are, do not give a 
sufficiently comprehensive idea of the business of B. B. Van Zandt & Co., which in- 
cludes mustard, cream tarter, baking powders, flavoring extracts, insect powders and 
canned goods of various descriptions. Their trade, which is extending in a very 
satisfactory manner, is chiefly with the State of New York, where their goods are 
recognized as among the very best put upon the market. By keeping a vigilant watch 
upon the market, and a keen eye to the needs of the public, this house has enjoyed a 
success in the past which is probably only a reflex of its future prosperity. 



ROCHESTER STAMPING WORKS. 



A. R. Fritchard, F. BristoAv, C. I>. Millie— Manntacturers of Sheet Metal dioods 
— Xos. 28«. 288 and 290 State St. 

This enterprise was established during the present year by the gentlemen above 
named, for the purpose of manufacturing strictly first-class sbeet metal goods from 
none but the best quality of material. All of the partners in the works bring to the 
enterprise a large and thorough experience in such manufacture, and to further their 
achievement had constructed by the E.W. Bliss Manufacturing Company, of Brooklyn, 
a double-action drawing press having the capacity to make six thousand articles a 
day. This was made specially for the Rochester Stamping Works, and according to 
their specifications, and is the only one of this kind in the country. They also have 
two single action presses, spinning lathes, and a double seamer, which is capable of 
double-seaming articles of any shape ; ttius the Rochester Stamping Works com- 
menced work with a perfect and complete plant of machinery and with the most skill- 
ful management. 

The premises occupied comprise the second floor of the Briggs' building, Nos. 286, 
288 and '290 State street, 66x75 feet, newly fitted up with a complete equipment of the 
most approved patterns of steam-power machinery, and giving employment to twenty 
skilled workmen, whose labors are carefully supervised by the members of the firm. 
All descriptions of first-class sheet metal articles are made, specialties being made, 
however, of tea-kettles, wash-boilers, tea and coffee pots, lard and oyster-pails, and 
metal packages for tobacco ; the trade of the Rochester Stamping Works already 
comprehending Western New York, Northern and Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and 
Michigan. 

All the members of the firm are young active, practical and thoroughly well-known 
business men, and have inaugurated their enterprise under the most favorable aus- 
pices. Furnishing the best quality of material, made in the best possible and most 
workmanlike manner, guaranteeing every article as being exactly as represented, 
and selling them at the lowest possible prices, there is every reason to predict for the 
Rochester Stamping Works a most successful and prosperous continuance of the 
business they have so judiciously and thoroughly established. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



R. M. MYERS & CO., 



'll''holesale and Retail Dealers in Paper of Every Description— 9fos. 27 and 29 
Kxehange Street. SJ8 and 30 Irving Place. 

This old established house was inaugurated by N. G. Hawley 

& Co., many years since, the firm afterward becoming Hawley, 

Myers & Co., and this again being succeded by the present firm 

of E. M. Myers & Co. in 1880. The old habitat of the firm was 

at No. 67 State street, but April first of the present year the firm 

removed to the magnificent new seven-story building, Nos. 27 and 

29 Exchange street, erected for and owned by E. M. Myers. This 

building has an area of 25 feet front and a depth of 165 feet run- 

i uing through to Irving place, with a basement equal to any in 

■ the city, 190 feet in length, 11 feet deep, is solely occupied by E. 

M. Myers & Co., and enjoys the distinction of being the only 

y fire-proof paper warehoiise in the United States, and isconstruct- 

^ ed on purpose to carry the weight of an enormous stock, which 

it is necessary to keep on hand at all times. 
1 This house has a very large and growing trade throughout 
; the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and the 
Dominion of Canada, Mr. E. M. Myers being the sole manager of 
all its affairs, and under his able supervision all the business of 
this vast enterprise is conducted. The particular articles in 
which this house deals are papers of all kinds and qualities used 
by manufacturers, printers, publishers, etc., the house also 
dealing in a complete line of printers' and box-maker's machinery, 
type, presses, and all kinds of printers' supplies. In short, any and 
every class, kind and description of paper will he found to have 
an ample representation within the capacious and commodious 
fire-proof warerooms of Messrs. E. M. Myers & Co., and in its able 
head the public will find a courteous gentleman and thoroughly alert business man. 

Electric power is used for propelling the elevator and other machinery used in 
the business, and is transmitted from the Eochester Electric Light works at the 
upper falls. 

T. J. REYNOLDS, 




Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer in Rough and Dressed liuniber, Rail- 
road Ties, Piling, Bark, etc.— Office, Xo. 46 Arcade. 

The destruction of the forests, notwithstanding the warnings and protests of 
scientists, sentimentalists and others, still goes on, and with steadily accelerated 
speed. There is no help for it. Building operations cannot stop in this era of im- 
provement, and, until the discovery of some practicable and acceptable substitute, 
wood will continue to be employed wherever it is profitable to do so. Consequently 
the logger, the sawyer and the lumber dealer flourish as never before. 

Mr. T. J. Reynolds ranks with the prominent lumber men of the East, owning 
vast tracts of timber lands in this State and Pennsylvania, with mills at Elmont, 
Tracy Eun and Corydon, Pa., and Quaker Bridge, Onoville, Limetone Siding and 
Wolf Riin, N. Y. He employs from 200 to 400 men, dependent upon the season, has 
a cash capital of S150,000 invested in the enterprise, and puts upon the market annu- 
ally lumber to the value of some S400,000, which is shipped to leading points through- 
out New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and other States. His most important 
specialty is the manufacture of oak, pine and hemlock bill lumber to order, doing 
a very heavy business therein, but he also makes and carries an immense total of 
choice pine,' hemlock and hardwood rough and dressed lumber and timber in all 
standard dimensions, railroad ties, piling, tanners' bark, etc. 

Mr. Eeynolds is a conspicuous, enterprising and popular citizen of Eochester, 
wide-awake to the possibilities and material interests of the city, a prominent promoter 
of the Chamber of Commerce and of all movements looking to the development of 
her resources and advantages, public-spirited, enterprising and liberal. His office is 
in room 46, Reynolds' Arcade, where all having business with him will be cordially 
received and entertained. 



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CULLEN BROS., 

SJiirscrj'iiieii— Xo. GO? Po^vers" Block. 

The firm of Cullen Bros., 
nursery meD, is one of the 
most widely known and re- 
putable in that branch of 
business. Established in 
1870, it is composed of 
Messrs. M. J., W. E., T. D. 
and H. H. Cullen, all natives 
of Rochester,trained to their 
present vocation from child- 
hood, and conversant with 
the business in all of its 
ramifications. Their knowl- 
edge of what is acceptable 
and salable is only equaled 
by their energy and enter- 
prise in supplying such com- 
modities to fruit-growers, 
farmers, horticulturists and 
florists. They are always 
amply stocked with thrifty 
young fruit trees of all kinds, 
standard and dwarf, and 
make specialties of small 
fruits, grapes, etc., of which 
they handle all choice varie- 
ties, together with orna- 
mental trees and shrubs, 
clematis,new and rare hardy 
hybrid perpetual roses, and 
everything of a reliable and 
desirable nature pertaining 
to the nursery trade. Their 
importations from abroad 
include carefully selected stocks of clematis, roses, azaleas, rhododendrons, etc., of 
the best varieties, and they carry the best and largest stock of the wonderful new 
climber " Ampelapsis Veitchii" in the United States, which they send by mail when 
desired. 

This firm extend their operations to all the States and to Canada, and employ one 
hundred and fifty men on an average, giving permanent employment and good salaries 
to reliable agents. They do an enormous business, which is increasing year by 
year. • 

ROCHESTER LEAD WORKS. 




W. S. Mandeville. Henry E. dark. Proprietors— Manufacturers of Lead Pipe, 
Sheet licad. Solder. Pure Tin Pipe, Tin-lined Pipe, Bar Lead. Lead ^Vire, 
Pig Lead, Tin, Antimony, etc.— Wo. ai8 Mill St. 

This establishment, which is the only one in this line in the city that has a repu- 
tation of doing a very prosperous business, that is constantly being augmented by 
the enterprise of the proprietors and the excellent qualities of their products, was 
established by the present firm in 1883. They occupy the rear of the building No. 
218 Mill street, where they employ eight men and have the latest improved machinery 
for the manufacture of their products. The floor space of their works is 50xi0 feet, 
and their specialties are the first quality of lead pipe, sheet lead, pure tin pipe, tin- 
lined pipe, solder, pig lead, tin, antimony, etc. 

The principal territory where their goods are sold comprises New York State and 
Pennsylvania, although as their goods become known their territory is largely in- 
creased. Both members of the firm are Rochester men, and have become very favor- 
ably known for their upright dealing and commercial probity. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



LANGSLOW, FOWLER & CO. 



H. A. liaiiicslow. P. A. Fowler and S. €. lianswlow-Manufacturei's of I^eatlier. 
PluHh and Caipot Rockers— \os. 07. «!» and 71 Soiitli St. Panl and 47 and 
49 i^outli n ater Sts. 

In the present age of rapid pro- 
gress and keen business competition 
it is not always the oldest houses 
that control the bulk of the trade in 
any particular line, and the house of 
Langslow, Fowler & Co. is an evi- 
dence of how rapidly and firmly 
a large and constantly increasing 
business can be built on a firm basis 
by commercial integrity, industry, 
and a comprehensive and thorough 
knowledge of the needs of the pub- 
lic and the manufacturing processes 
requisite to supply them. 

The house of Langslow, Fowler & 
Co. was established only two years 
since; the members of the firm — H. 
A. Langslow, P. A. Fowler and S. C. 
Langslow — having, prior to that 
time, had many years experience in 
that business in this city. Deter- 
mining on devoting their experience 
and capabilities to a business of 
their own, the present firm was 
founded for the manufacture of leather, plush and carpet rockers in medium and 
fine grades of wood; and at the present time the firm employs one hundred and forty 
workmen and has a trade extending all over the United States, the bulk of it, how- 
ever, being in the Western States and Territories. The building the firm occupies is 
70x50 feet, and therein they have five floors, which, being inadequate to their needs, 
they occupy also four floors in the adjoining building, making the total floor space 
32,000 square feet; and in these nine floors they have a very fine plant of special 
wood-working machinery, adapted to the various needs of their wood manufacture. 
How large this is may be estimated when it is known that this firm uses annually 
700,000 feet of hard-wood lumber that they work up into rockers. 

The goods manufactured by the firm of Langslow, Fowler & Co. are excellent in 
all respects, but the finer grades of leather and plush rockers are extremely beautiful 
in design and workmanship, and cannot be excelled by any factory in the country. 
That the public appreciate an excellent article is clearly manifested in the fact that 
the current year's business shows the enormous increase of over eighty per cent, over 
that of the year 1886; and if the progress made by this firm in the future only equals 
that of the past it will shortly be the largest rocker manufacturing house in the 
United States. All the members of the firm are Rochester men. 




ROCHESTER CAR WHEEL WORKS. 



Hon. "W. H. Barnum, Pressident : C. T. Cliapin, Secretary and Treasurer— Man- 
ufacturers of Car Wlieels— N. Y. V. & H. R. R. R. Tracks. East Rochester. 

This celebrated manufactory was incorporated in 1877 as a stock company, and 
now has a capital of $100,000. The plant, erected in 1886, is celebrated as being the 
most perfect and thoroughly equipped in the country, although its capacity is not so 
large as others. The main building is 250x80 feet, and this and the various annexes 
cover three acres of ground. The number of employes kept steadily at work is 
sixty, the daily output 200 car wheels, and the annual production, 60,000 wheels, 
which are sold all over the United States, a specialty being made of a fine grade of 
chilled ear wheels. 



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ELMER E. ALMV, 
PROPRIETORi 



Klnier E. Aliiiy. Proprietor— South St. Paul St. 

Few cities in the world, of equal population, are so well provided with excellent 
hotel accommodations as is Rochester — a fact due, no doubt, to the vast number of 
strangers who visit this favored place at all seasons, impelled by business or pleas- 
ure. Each manufacturing establishment, each nursery, each wholesale house in any 
branch of trade, helps to swell the volume of travel and consequently of hotel patron- 
age, and judging from present indications the boom of the Bonifaces bids fair to prove 
a profitable and permanent one. 

All former visitors to the Flower City are familiar with the old Osburn House 
(now transmogrified and remodeled into a magnificent business block), and those 
of later years are fast becoming acquainted with the merits of the New Osburn, 
erected on South St. Paul street in 1881 — a superb five-story brick edifice, 160 feet 
front by 165 feet deep. This is in all respects a thoroughly modern house, arranged 
and appointed in the most perfect manner, and a favorite with the traveling 
public. On the ground fioor, in addition to the beautifully decorated and attractive 
office, reading and sample rooms, is a magnificent assembly room capable of seat- 
ing 700 people. The splendid parlors and lofty and spacious dining-room— at 
the tables of which 115 guests may be served at once — are situated on the second 
floor, as are also several sumptuous suites of rooms, while the upper floors are 
set apart exclusively for sleeping purposes, the house affording in ail 200 delightful 
and richly furnished private apartments, with bath-rooms on every floor. It is 
heated throughout by steam and lighted by the Edison incandescent system, with 
electric automatic fire gongs on every fioor, luxurious elevators rendering the upper 
floors equally desirable and convenient with those lower down. The table and 
attendance are first-class ; every provision is made for the comfort and convenience 
of guests, and a uniform rate of two dollars per day secures the traveler against dis- 
crimination or imposition. 

Mr. Elmer E. Almy, the proprietor of the New Osburn, is one of the best known 
and most popular hotel men in the country, who, while still comparatively young, 
has had long and varied experience in the best American hostelries — among them 
the Grand Pacific of Chicago, the Continental of Philadelphia, and the St. James of 
New York. He is an energetic, public-spirited and popular citizen, and an infiuential 
Chamber of Commerce man. Patrons of the New Osburn will get the best of bed, 
board and attention, and find nothing to complain of. 



JOHN R. CHURCH, 

Arcliiteot— Room 54 Ostburn House Block. 

Rochester owes all of her beauty of business blocks and residences to her archi- 
tects, and to no one of them more than to Mr. John R. Church, a native of Niagara 
Falls, who has for the past sjk years contributed to the substantial embellishment of 
the Flower City and environs, having been a resident here for twenty years. 

Mr. Church occupies a most attractive and well-appointed suite of offices. No. 54 
Osburn House block, and does a large and increasing business, his talents receiving 
adequate recognition on all hands. Dignified and thoughtful, yet polite and obliging, 
he is a respected and honored citizen, and a recognized leader in his lofty profession. 
Those who are so fortunate as to secure his services and advice on the subject of pro- 
posed improvements have the satisfaction of knowing that they have consulted an 
expert. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



T. A. SUMMERS, 



Proprietor of Rochester Jflouldiiig; Factory— Manufacturer of Picture Frame. 
Window Cornice and Kooni Mouldings of Kvery description— Xos. «0, 71 
and 73 Xortli W ater St. 

The employment of wood mouldings for decorative purposes is as old as the 
joiner's art, but it is only within the past half-century or so that good taste superseded 
profusion, and that these unpretentious yet pleasing accessories were adapted to in- 
terior decorative purposes, more especially for the embellishment of private resi- 
dences in parlor, hall, dining-room and chamber. 

One of the first in this country to perceive the tendency toward this class of dec- 
oration and its inevitable development was Mr. T. A. Summers, who began the manu- 
facture of mouldings in a small way on Aqueduct street more than thirty years ago — 
in 1857. So successful was he that ten years later he found his facilities insufficient 
to meet the demand and was encouraged to erect the factory he has ever since occu- 
pied and operated at Nos. 69, 71 and 73 North Water street, three stories, 40x80 feet, 
with sub-basement, substantially and handsomely constructed of brick. The outfit 
of wood-working and moulding machinery, comprising all useful improvements as 
fast as brought out, is one of the most complete in existence, and the establishment 
occupies a leading position in the trade, producing immense quantities of standard 
styles and many tasty novelties annually. Forty trained workmen are employed, the 
works are operated by water power on approved principles, and an air of prosperity 
and cheerful bustle pervades the entire premises. 



ROCHESTER BARREL MACHINE WORKS. 



.lolin^tireenwood &. l"o.. Proprietors— Manufacturers of Patent mtave. Head- 
ing. Barrel. Keg and Hoop Macliinery, etc.— \os. 'i'i'i, 'ii4: and -i'Hi Mill St. 




Is o account of the varied manufacturing enterprises that have their location in 
this city would be complete without an extended reference to the Rochester Barrel 
Machine Works, which were established in 1856, are owned and managed by John 
Greenwood & Co., and are the oldest and largest establishment of the kind in the 
country. At the time of the institution of these works they were conducted on but a 



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small scale, but, by the acceptability and excellence of the machines made, the manu- 
factory is now, as has been stated, the largest in the United States. It is situated at 
Nos. 222, 224 and 226 Mill street, occupies two floors and the upper half of the third floor 
of those buildings, whose dimensions are 116x40 feet, and gives employment to forty-five 
mechanics. In these buildings also is a very perfect and complete line of special ma- 
chinery, construct- 



ed for the manufac- 
ture of the various 
machines that have 
made this house so 
celebrated, a cele- 
brity that has made 
their sales extend 
all over the United 
States, Canada and 
Europe. 

Prominent among 
their special lines 
of manufacture are: 
The improved stave, 
heading and shingle 
bolting saw; the 
stave-cutting ma- 
chine — from a nail 
keg stave-cutter to a 
dry hogshead stave- 
cutter; intermedi- 
ate shafts for stave- 
cutters; band and 
balance wheels, 
with tightening pul- 
leys; stave bolt 
equalizers; stave 
equalizers; spring 

stave jointers; stave jointers, with stationary knife; bolting saws; counter shafts, 
stands and hangers; horizoatal heading and shingle machines; improved pendulous 
shingle and heading sawing machines; heading and surface planers; five-feet, six- 
knife wheel jointers; also grinding machines for sharpening the knives in these 
jointers; improved heading turners for slack work; heading baling presses, and sawed 
stave planers. In addition this house makes a large variety of other special ma- 
chinery, and always keeps in stock a full assortment of spare parts of the machines it 
manufactures. 

Illustrated catalogues are sent upon application, and those whose needs comprise 
any article manufactured by the Rochester Barrel Machine Works will consult their 
interest by applying to those works before purchasing elsewhere, for by dealing with 
that house purchasers will find that they procure the best possible articles at a mod- 
erate price, and also will obtain machines that for effectiveness, durability and econ- 
omy cannot be excelled. 

The long existence and high standing of this firm is a guarantee of its reliability 
and responsibility, and there are few places in the regions covered by their trade 
where some of their machinery cannot be examined and the fact of its complete per- 
fection demonstrated by the experience of its proprietor. 




ALLING & CORY. 



William AUiiio;, David Cory andJosepli T. Ailing— Wholesale Dealers in Papers 
antl Printers' Materials— Exchange St, 

The largest wholesale paper house in Western New York is that of Messrs. Ailing 
& Cory, corner of Exchange and Wilbor streets. The business of this large and 
enterprising house extends throughout the Western States and Canada, and is con- 
stantly being augmented. From the large scope of their trade it is almost unneces- 
sary to state that the firm carries a great variety of paper and printers' materials. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



A. M. BRISTOL, 



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Mauy yeiirs siuce the mode of wiinuiuf;^ dwelliujjs 
was by the olil-ffishioued open tire-place, and the master 
of the household had to arise early iu the luorniug and 
kindle the tires necessary for the yeueratiou of comtort- 
iihle warmth in the house, or else seek heat in the bed- 
clothes until the domestic had performed that necessary 
task. But of late years the furnace has supplanted the 
jjrate, and hot air is diffused throutjrhout the house, 
tempered to any requisite dejjree of heat. Necessary 
appHancea \o facilitate this method of heating are 
re^'isters and ventihitors, the former to admit the heat, 
and the latter to furnish pure and fresh air. 

One of the most prominent amonj; this class of manu- 
facturers is Mr. A. M. Bristol, whose eligible building 
is situated at No. iU Exchange street. He there occu- 
pies the entire building, six floors, 22x4;") feet, besides 
two lloors in the adjoining building. The addition to 
this building, recently completed, will augment the man- 
ufacturing facilities fully thirty per cent. This tlour- 
ishing business was inaugurateil by the father of the present proprietor in 1853, the 
latter succeeding to his father's interest and assuming control iu 1877. 

Mr. Bristol employs tweuty-tive workmen, and his manufactures for the year 1886 
comprised 22,000 registers and veutilators, which necessitated the using of 152.000 
separate pieces of castings. He manufactures vertical wheel warm-air registers, 
ceuter-wheel veutilators, border frames, ornamental screens, etc. These castings are 
all made by contract outside of his shops, where they are fitted and finished under 
his supervision, and in this latter process he employs his workmen and a liue quality 
of finishing machines, nickel-plating baths, fitting, grinding and polishing machines, 
etc. The sales of these justly celebrated goods extend all over the United States, in 
addition to which a large expt>rt trade with Canaila is maintained. The largest part 
of Mr. Bristol's American trade is with the Western and Southwestern States. Mr. 
Bristol does u large and remunerative business, which during the past year was aug- 
mented about twenty-five per cent, and at prtMsent he has been unable to keep i)ace 
with the orders that have poured iu upon him, but which he will rapidly fill with 
increased facilities. 



ROCHESTER COTTON MILL. 



V. A. Viokoi'.v. SiiiM'riiit«Mi«l«'iit and Agjeiit — Maiiiiftiftiir«'r o<' i'otton Priiits— 

4'oiiter SSt. «ui Brown's Ita«*<'. 

A unique branch of manufacture carried on in this city is that of making cotton 
prints, and the Rochester cotton mill is devoted to that industry. This mill as owned 
at present is one of a series of similar establishments owned and operated by the 
estate of Thomas (xarner. late the millionaire mill owner of New York, and the largest 
producer of this class of goods in the United States. 

The Rochester cotton mill, situated on Center street, was built by Seth C Jones 
in 1845, the name of the proprietory firm beingafterwardschangedtothe Jones Cotton 
Mill Company; by that company it was sold to John Vickery in 18r)8, and was operated 
by him until his death, in 1803. In 18(55 the Yickery estate sold the mill to Thomas 
Garner, of New York, since which time it has been owned and operated by him and 
his estate. 

The buildings occupied are supplied .with special machinery built for this class of 
manufacture, and have a run of 10,000 spindles,employing the services of one hundred 
and fifty hands. The main building is of stone, four stories high, 50x100 feet in 
area, and this has an annex, two stories high. 20x50 feet in area. 

Cotton prints are exclusively manufactured, and their sale extends all over the 
country. The business is prosperous, and the mill has been kept iu constant opera- 
tion Bince its erection. 



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■W. I*. Ainlrus. I*r«'sid«'ii< : S. K. Hi-cwMtor. S«MTotai'>— \Vliol«'Hal«' I>«>iiI4'I'm in 
••'is'H! WfMMix— *»ni«M'. \o. .>i;i>ai-U Ave. |{<h'Ii<'sI<m'. ^. V.; t\ jum'Iioiino. Ita(a\i>i. 
X. V. 

Notbiufr 18 of Kreater importance to the farmer than that the grain lie sows should 
be of tho highest quality, choice as to grade, fully developed, sound and virile. There 
seems but one sure course of safety in this vital matter, and that is to seek out a 
reliable and responsible seedsman, whose business it is to jjrovide only the best seeds, 
and whose standing and prosperity depends upon unswerving fidelity to the interests 
of his customers. 

Such a concern is the International Seed Company of Rochester, a recognized 
authority in their line, among that large and growing class of reliable dealers upon 
whom the progressive farmers of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, 
Illinois, Michigan and other States depend for their seed grain and potatoes, season 
after season. This company was incorporated in 1884, and it is not too much to say 
that it has made for itself su(^h a reputation for uprigiit dealing as few of its com- 
petitors can boast. Favored with special facilities for securing and growing the choic- 
est seeds, as well as for handling and shipping, backed by large ex[)erience and ample 
capital, with a determination to succeed upon merit alone, we feel tliat we can safely 
and conscientiously commend this company to the confidence and patronage of the 
trade and of the farmer, who is more nearly interested than any one else. 

The International Seed Company's office business is transacted at No. 51 Park 
avenue, Rochester; warehousing and shipping at Batavia. Orders by mail or 
telegraph receive prompt attention and are carefully filled. The leading specialties 
handled are superior varieties of wheat, oats and potatoes. 

President Andrus is a native of Wisconsin, Secretary Brewster of Canada, and 
their standing at home may be inferred from the facts that they have built up a 
flourishing business and are among the most active promoters of all movements to 
advance Rochester's material interests, including the Chamber of Commerce. 



GEO. P. BORTLE, 

9Ianiifiu>tui-«'i- of* Riid <i<rain BlockN. Shoe Racks, Cutting KoardM, ]fIoiililiii;;M. 
etc.— Tiii'iiiii^'. Sawiiij;; ami 4>ciicral .lo1»biii;>; in Wood "Wofk — IkaiiiclH' l*laii- 
er^W^orkj.a S|MM'ialt.^ -Xo. <« raves Street, Xeai* IVIaiii. llo«-liew<er, IV. V. 

The subject of this sketch commenced the business in 1884 of manufacturing end 
grain blocks, shoe racks, etc., and by perseverance and energy, and the e.\'i)erience he 
was able to bring to bear upon the work, raised it to its present large dimensions. 
The ever busy machinery in tho well-located factory upon Graves street includes lathes, 
saws, and, in fact, every kind of wood machinery of the best patterns. Besides the 
above mentioned goods, cutting boards and mouldings are manufactured; and all 
kinds of turning, sawing and job work executed. The Hpecialite of the house, Dan- 
iels'' planer work, is in liigh repute and increasing demand. The most skillful turn- 
ers and wood-workers are eni[)loyed constantly in fulfilling the many orders of 
the firm. The long and thorough experience of Mr. Bortle himself, as a wood- worker, 
has been mainly instrnmontal in establishing the business upon its present firm 
and steadily enlarging footing in the city 



158 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



LEVI HEY, 




Wholesale Dealer in Serap Iron, Rag and Paper S tock. W ^rapping; Paper. 
Oval Mood Dishes, etc. - Xos. 351, 353 and 3^5 State^ StrnTlronT Y arS,' 
^ew York Central Railroad and Hague St. 

Few people outside of the 
trade probably have any idea 
of what becomes of the scrap 
iron, rags and the various in- 
numerable other things that 
they are in the habit of classi- 
fying under the head of waste. 
The fact is, however, that this 
so-called waste is re-manufac- 
tured and afterward performs 
very important functions ; in- 
deed the material in its second 
stage of usefulness often ful- 
fills more profitable purposes 
than before. The business of 
dealing in scrap iron, rags, 
steel, old rubber, metals, etc., 
is a very large and important industry, of which the prominent house under notice is a 
splendid representative. It was established by the present proprietor in 1868 upon Cen- 
ter street, from which location it was transferred after one year to the present situation. 
The magnificent four-storied building at Nos> 351, 353 and 355 State street, with a 
commodious warehouse in rear of it, strikingly indicates the substantial character of 
the concern. In addition to these premises the firm has an extensive iron yard upon 
the New York Central R R. tracks and Hague street. With these exceptional facili- 
ties for storage and shipment the house is enabled to transact business with a facility 
and economy which is denied to most similar concerns. Its large and rapidly expand- 
ing trade is drawn chiefly from the Middle and Eastern States, and embraces all kinds 
of metals, rubber, rags, paper stock, etc, Mr. Hey is enabled by paying cash to ob- 
tain his goods at the lowest price, and consequently to supply his customers at rates 
which defy competition. In addition to the heavy transactions in the above enumer- 
ated articles, Mr. Hey keeps a full line of wrapping paper suitable for dry-goods, 
groceries, and other business using the same, and is also sole agent for Rochester 
of oval wood dishes, whose economy and expedience have been too well demonstrated 
to need recapitulation here. 

When Mr. Hey came to Rochester it was with the intention of dealing exclusively 
in woolen rags, as that article is one with which he is thoroughly acquainted and a 
recognized authority. He maintains the excellent reputation gained in that business, 
although he has added thereto his other lines of business. One customer Mr. Hey 
made the first year of his transactions in Rochester, he still retains; has never had 
a pound of woolen rags changed back to him from that customer, and has often sold 
him $ 30,000 worth of woolen rags a year. In fact it is conceded that Mr. Hey's 
packing stamps the article as standard goods. 

Mr. Hey also is senior partner in the firm of Levi Hey & Co. (Arthur M. Bennett), 
Nob, 380 and 382 State street, a well-known house manufacturing tin, copper and iron 
ware, and dealers in stoves, furnaces, etc., at wholesale and retail. This house manu- 
factures the celebrated "Excelsior" patent steam cooker, which is the sohtary cooker 
that has successfully solved the problem of perfectly and economically cooking by 
steam. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 159 



MUNN & ANSTICE, 



Founders of iiiray ami Malleable Iron Castinjjs— Corner Water an«l River Sts. 

The geutlemeu who grive their names to the above meutioued firm are well-known 
in Rochester as public-spirited citizens and successful men of business. The flour- 
ishing state of their affairs is due to enterprise and a thorough knowledge of their 
trade in all its details. The house is a leading one in the manufacture of castings, for 
the excellence of which it has a reputation extending beyond the limits of the State. 
In addition to these gray and malleable iron castings, builders' and general hardware 
cuts a conspicuous figure in the business. This also covers the execution of large or- 
ders for metal patterns, machinists' work and nickel-plating. The operations of the 
firm are mainly directed to production of the first named class of goods, and in these, 
as in fact in all their work, they succeed in arriving at the highest order of merit. The 
large force of 130 hands is busily employed in the fine brick building of four stories, 
enclosing a floor space of about 40,000 square feet. This is situated upon the corner 
of Water and River streets, in a location splendidly adapted to facilitate shipping 
and the prompt prosecution of the business. It is equipped in the best style and con- 
tains the first class of special machinery designed for this industry. These works are 
capable of an output of six tons of castings daily, and large quantities are constantly 
shipped hence to various parts of New York and the outlying States, where they find 
an easy market and a continual demand. In addition to the heavy outside trade a 
considerable local business is transacted. The peculiarly good adaption of the biaild- 
ing to the business, for which it was especially arranged and equipped, and the 
powerful mechanical resources at the command of the house, enable it to fill all or- 
ders on receipt. Those sending them may confidently rely upon their prompt and 
satisfactory execution, A large capital is engaged in the business, and the judicious 
use of it enables the firm to take advantage of the most favorable opportunities af- 
forded by the market for the purchase of material, thus permitting them to offer 
exceptional inducements in the way of terms to their customers. 

The members of this representative house have gained an enviable popularity, 
from the fact that since the establishment of the concern they have been identified 
with every movement bearing upon the welfare of the city. The business is under- 
going a large developement, which shows signs of continuity, and the future prospects 
of the house wear a very encouraging aspect. 



JOHN SIDDONS, 

Manufacturer of Ciialvanlzed Iron for Arehiteotual Purposes and of Metal, 
Slate and Cement Rooiing— Xo. 157 East Main St. 

In the present age of architectual advancement, an article that combines the 
appearance of solidity with comparative lightness and the minimum of cost is a 
desideratum. This is certainly the combination achieved by sheet copper and galvan- 
ized iron, and hence is universally used by architects for the cornices and crestings 
of buildings, as well as for many other purposes where that material is the best that 
can be used, such as cupolas, ornamental turrets, etc. One of the oldest, if not the 
oldest, of the houses in Western New York, and certainly the most extensive, is that of 
John Siddons, at No. 157 East Main street. That gentleman came hither from Canada 
in 1844, and in 1852 established this business, which he has maintained successfully 
for thirty-six years, and during that time he has built up a very extensive trade, 
extending all over the American continent, and which now gives steady employment 
to over seventy operatives. The annual sales of the articles made by Mr. Siddons 
aggregate over $150,000 and comprise all kinds of architectural iron work and rooting, 
including under the latter designation, metal, slate and cement roofs of the most ap- 
proved species. He also manufactures all kinds of copper materials for architectural 
purposes, and utilizes for these various purposes of manufacture the entire building 
occupied by him, as well as one floor in the adjoining building, having some 15,000 
feet of floor space for the accommodation of his large business. 

Mr. Siddons is not alone a successful manufacturer but an enterprising citizen, 
whose long residence here has been greatly instrumental in building up the city to 
its present prominence. Both in public and private life Mr. Siddons has always been 
identified with every movement tending to the advance and conservation of the 
material welfare of Rochester. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



A. M. NEWBORN, 



Florist— Artist in Iniperisliablo Floral l>esisMS— 5Jo. 429 Monroe Ave. 

The preparation of flowers by 
processes that permit their 
transmission and preservation 
for indefinite distances and 
periods has reached great per- 
fection, though as yet compara- 
tively few persons have devoted 
attention to the art. The most 
successful of these, so far as 
our observation extends, is Mr. 
A. M. Newborn, who makes this 
peculiar and beautiful art his 
busmess, and prepares flowers 
so that they are alike beautiful 
and imperishable. The pro- 
cesses, of course, are more or 
less secret; at any rate we are 
not sufficiently familiar with 
them to attempt a description ; 
but the results are all that 
could be desired, floral designs 
so prepared retaining all of 
their natural tints and freshness 
for years, and these comprise 
the lovely Fairy Flowers, Ital- 
ian Wheat, Ferns, Statice, Kho- 
danthe buds, Ammobium, 
choice grasses, etc. 

Mr. Newborn is a young man, 
born in Rochester, and may be 
pronounced a very successful 
man. He has a handsome office 
and work-rooms at No. 429 Mon- 
roe avenue, where, with the as- 
sistance of ten to twelve capable 
designers, artists and other 
help, he is constantly busy pre- 
paring flowers for shipment, 
many of his most valuable or- 
ders coming from leading 
American and European cities 
— New York, Philadelphia. Lon 
don, Paris, Berlin, etc. — and iuclnding decorations for both festive and funereal occa- 
sions. He has been established since 1884, and has a constantly widening circle of 
patronage of the most valuable kind. Fully illustrated descriptive catalogues sent 
on application. 




SAMUEL MOULSON, 



Maimfaeturer of Plain and Toilet Pure Soaps— ^Vorks aiul Olliee. Xo. 41 

Xortli ^Vater St. 

The gentleman whose name heads this article has controlled the concern over half 
a century, and the term of his management has been marked by a great extension in 
the trade. His productions are held in the highest repiate in New York and Penn- 
sylvania, whence the demand is great and increasing. The factory and offices occupy 
a substantial building on North Water street, replete with every appliance for the 
manufacture of soap, with water-power, which cheapens the cost of production, and 
convenient shipping. The hoiise is one of the oldest concerns in the United States. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 161 



SMITH & BARRY, 



Manafaotui'ei's and l>ealers in Maiitelsii. Fire-PIaoes, Tiles, Brass Gloofls. ete.— 
]Vo8. 49 and 51 Worth Ave. and 4 and 6 Chatham !!^t. 

The decoration and embellishment of interiors has of recent years received won- 
derful impetus in this country, probably from the no less wonderful growth of wealth 
and love of luxury, and of beautiful things for their own sake. Especially does this 
apply to the employment of marble, slate and similar materials for mantels — many of 
which are superb in artistic design and tracery — and of bright metals, tiles, etc., for 
the finishing touches in fire-places and hearths, andirons, fenders and the various ap- 
pliances pertaining to open fires, which latter are, by the way, fast coming again into 
general favor, after long banishment to make way for the cheerless stove or the in- 
visible furnace. 

A new yet conspicious house, devoted to the class of domiciliary art referred to, is 
that of Smith k Barry, established last year, and located at Nos. 49 and 51 North 
avenue, their premises occupying the ground floor, 44x280 feet, with rear entrance at 
Nos. 4 and 6 Chatham street, upon which latter thoroughfare fronts the factory de- 
partment, the North avenue front being devoted to ofBce and wareroom purposes. 
The building, a handsome three-story and basement structure, belongs to the firm 
named and is quite new. Twenty carefully selected workmen are employed, who, 
with the assistance of a complete outfit of new and improved machinery, turn out 
large quantities of superior work in marble and metals and perform every description 
of hearth and art tiling. Most of the designs worked out by the firm are original or 
adapted from sjiggestions of competent architects and patrons, whereby dead uni- 
formity is avoided and novelty of effect cultivated. 

The firm do every description of interior decorative work in marble, brass, tiling, 
etc.. and make specialties of marble mantels and brass fire-place embellishment, in- 
cluding fire-places complete, and contracting for that class of work to any extent. At 
the jjresent time the firm are putting the finishing touches on many fine buildings in 
Western New York in the way of tiling, interior finish, wainscoting and brass orna- 
mentation. They are also contractors for granite and marble monuments, a branch 
in which they are quite successful. 

Mr. D. L. Smith, the senior member, a native of New Hampshire, has lived here 
for ten years past. He was formerly employed for eleven years on government work 
in various capacities, ultimately attaining the position of inspector of material, wherein 
he remained for two years, and was thus occupied on public buildings in New York, 
Philadelphia, and elsewhere. Mr. J. C. Barry, born in this State, has made Rochesler 
his home during the last six or seven years. Both are practical men of great capacity 
and DODular in business circles. 



MANDEVILLE & KING, 



Coinniisston ;s*eedsmpn— Flover Seeds Exclusively— Xo. 1«0 East Main St. ^; 

A striking indication of tue extent to which flower culture is carried in the United 
States is afforded by the great commission house of Mandeville & King, whose ex- 
clusive specialty is the placing on sale with merchants of flower seeds on commission. 
This house is the only one in the United States that does an exclusive flower seed 
business, sending traveling men to take orders and collections, thus transacting all 
business on a personal and purely business basis. Mr. W. J. Mandeville inaugurated 
this business in 1876. and two years later Mr. H. S. King was admitted to partnership 
— a step that has resulted in developing probably the largest concern of the kind in 
the United States, the offices occupying handsome rooms on the third floor of the 
Kirby Building. No. 160 East Main street, with a complete floor in that building for 
warehouse purposes, this being conveniently located for shipping to any point. The 
firm do an immense business, shipping flower seeds of every description to all prin- 
cipal markets in the United States. Everything handled by them is from reliable 
growers in Europe and America, pure, unadulterated, fresh and of the highest grades. 

Messrs. Mandeville & King were born in -Rochester, reared here, and are well 
and favorably known at home and abroad. They give prompt and careful attention 
to all orders received. Both members of the firm are members of the new Chamber 
of Commerce. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



CO-OPERATIVE FOUNDRY CO. 



N. Brayer, President : E. H'. Peck. Secretary and Treasurer— Manufaotiirers of 
Red Cross Stoves and Ranges— Offices, Xos. 15 and 17 Hill St.; Foundries. 
Hill St. and liincoln Park— t'liicago Agency, R. Robinson «& Son, Xo. 83 
Liake St.; Northwestern Agency..!. P. Lindeniann & Sons, Milwaukee. ^Vis. 

Of all the various 
concomitants of 
household or kitchen 
furniture there is 
none that bears a 
more potent influ- 
ence upon the com- 
fort of the inhabit- 
ants of the house 
than a good stove or 
range. Perfect and 
easily regulated heat 
in the various rooms 
of the house, and an 
economical and com- 
petent range or cook- 
stove in the kitchen, 
will have more tan- 
gible effect on the 
temper and disposi- 
tion of the inmates 
of that residence than 
a cart-load of homi- 
lies or a library of 
tracts. Hence, as the 
manufacturers of the 
most perfect class of 
such articles, the Co- 
operative Foundry 
Company of this city 
can justly claim to 
be public philan- 
thropists. But it is 
not from this basis 
that they claim the 
patronage of the 
public, but because 
they make a superior 
class of goods, which 
they sell at more 
- -''' reasonable prices 
than other houses, 
and this fact accounts 

for their vast and increbsing trade that extends all over the United States, besides 
comprising a large export business with the Netherlands. 

This company was established and incorporated in 1867 for the manufacttire of 
stoves, etc., and now has a capital of two hundred thousand dollars, with Mr. N.Brayer 
as president and Mr. E. W. Peck as secretary and treasurer. The original foundry 
was at Hill street, and is now operated by this company, and has a frontage of 300 feet 
by a depth of 100 feet ; but the popularity of their goods necessitated the erection of 
another foundry at Lincoln Park, which was recently completed, and is equipped 
throughout with all the latest improved machinery and accessories. The combined 
works of the company cover one and three-quarters acres of ground, and are very large 
and complete, undoubtedly being one of the most modern and best arranged in the 
United States, their manufactures also being of the very best of any made. The 
buildings upon their premises are all of brick, solid and substantial, and provided 
with all the needful equipment for a first-class stove foundry, including all patterns 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 163 

of the latest styles of special machinery. Three hundred and thirty men are employed, 
and the specialties of manufacture are the celebrated Red Cross stoves and ranges. 

During the past year 23,000 stoves and ranges were manufactured, although with 
the recent addition to their works the capacity is now much greater. Business with 
the Co-Operative Foundry Company is excellent, the standard reputation of the lines 
of stoves and ranges manufactured by them always insuring a ready sale for them. 



GEO. C. BUELL & CO. 



Composed of ;Georg:e C But'U, Joseph B. Bloss and <-eorge C Buell. .Ir.— 
Wholesale Ciroeers— Kos. 37 and 89 Kxehange St. 

There are several hoiises in this city that are thoroughly typical, not alone of the 
comprehensive growth and increased importance of the commonwealth, biat also of 
the individual business enterprise and comprehensive commercial sagacity of the 
leading citizens, and no inhabitant of Rochester but would feel gratified at the house 
of Geo. C. Buell & Co. being conceded to be the type of his personal character or 
commercial probity and foresight. 

Established in 1844 by the head of the present firm, it has withstood all the varying 
mutations of financial and trade depression and inflation; has always met its mone- 
tary obligations at the date of their presentation, and maintained a deserved reputa- 
tion for unsullied integrity. During these forty-four years of active mercantile 
existence the house has built up a magnificent trade, extending principally through- 
out Western New York and Pennsylvania. But it is not alone in the erection of this 
trade to its present prosperous proportions that Mr. Buell has achieved the distinction 
of being the oldest and best-known merchant of this city, for he has ever been 
prominent in all measures inaugurated for the advancement of the Flower City, 
or for the conservation of her interests. And his individual business interests do 
not occupy all his attention, large and engrossing though they are, as he is a di- 
rector of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad and vice-president 
of the Trader's National Bank. He is also a large property-owner in the city, own- 
ing, besides the large and handsome store occupied by Geo. C. Buell & Co., some fifteen 
or twenty stores and a large quantity of real estate. Having these large and valuable 
interests in our city, and being a thorough public-spirited business man and citi- 
zen, it is not eur^jrising that any enterprise calculated to benefit the community 
should always receive his active support, the latest effort in this behalf being 
his vigorous action in the formation and advance of the Chamber of Commerce, 
of which he is a prominent member and director. 

The building occupied by the firm of Geo. C. Buell & Co. is at Nos. 37 and 39 
Exchange street, fronting 30 feet on that street and extending 165 feet to Irving 
place. It is four stories high, thus affording some 25,000 square feet of floor space 
for the transaction of the business, to facilitate which no expense has been spared in 
fitting up the building with labor-saving appliances and conveniences, a special 
feature being the two large hydraulic elevators. The salesrooms are finished in oak 
and are conceded to be the finest and handsomest of their kind in the country. Con- 
stant employment is given to the large force of employes, all of whom are adepts in 
the particular departments wherein they are engaged. 

A complete line of the finest staple and fancy groceries is carried by this firm, their 
stock of teas, coffees and spices being of the best and most carefully selected importa- 
tions. The long experience and cultivated discrimination of the buyers of the house 
enable them to procure the best articles at the lowest obtainable prices, and their 
purchases are always made at the best times and on the most favorable terms. Hence 
all those who deal with this firm speedily find that the ample capital, long experi 
ence and intimate knowledge of the markets of this house inures to the benefit of 
those who patronize it. It is therefore but natural that Messrs. Geo. C. Buell & Co. 
should have the large and constantly increasing clientage they enjoy, the sales for 
1887 having been in the neighborhood of a million dollars. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 




One of the most enterprising and suc- 
cessful of Rochester's numerous nurserymen 
is Mr. E. O. Graham, who has been engaged 
for a number of years in this beautiful and 
beneficent industry, wherein he has been 
very successful and has unvaryingly given 
the utmost satisfaction to those with whom 
he has dealt. His specialties are fine fruits 
of all kinds suited to this latitude, and he 
keeps a very large force of experienced sales- 
men on the road throughout the Eastern, 
Northern and Western States, his transac- 
tions for last season footing up very many 

thousands of dollars. Mr. Graham, who is recognized as an active and public-spirited 

citizen, a member of the Chamber of Commerce. 



THE ROCHESTER BOX FACTORY. 



Atwater & Armstrong:, Proprietors— Jlauufactiiresr of all Kinds of Packing 
Boxes— Beer and dinger Ale Cases, Flasks, Crates, etc.— Oflice and Factory 
Wo. 180 Piatt St. 

", The above factory is one of the well-known institutions of this class of manufacture 
in the city. The premises include a four-story stone building 45x83, equipped with 
all the latest modern improved machinery. Among the improvements lately added 
are cylinder printing machines for printing direct on the boxes from metal type, a 
decided improvement over paper labels so common to present use. 

With the large increase in trade during the past year extensive additions have 
been made in the way of machinery, and the present output of the factory represents 
some four hundred thousand feet of lumber monthly, used exclusively for boxes and 
cases and crates. The factory is admirably located as regards receiving of lumber 
for the business and the delivery of the manufactured article either by rail or by 
water. All styles and classes of boxes and crates are produced, including the com- 
mon packing boxes, finished shoe boxes, evaporated fruit boxes, canned goods boxes, 
flower and seed boxes, mineral water and bottled beer crates and cases, in addition to 
any special styles or kinds desired. In the various departments connected with the 
factory employment is given to upwards of thirty-five operatives at all seasons of the 
year. 

The members of the firm, Messrs. Silas I. Atwater and Wm. B. xlrmstrong, are 
young enterprising business men, thoroughly conversant with the requirements of the 
trade, and during the past year in which they have carried on the business have 
not only added largely to it in the way of improvements to the general plant, but the 
increase in the general volume of business transacted has been phenomenal when 
active competition is taken into consideration. 

The sale of goods manufactured is not only local, but covers a wide stretch of 
surrounding country, where their reputation as practical makers of standard and 
special sizes and styles of boxes has been firmly established Adjoining the premises 
they cany on an extensive wholesale and retail lumber business, which, like its com- 
panion, is rapidly increasing. 



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165 




GEORGE D. RAMSDELL, 



Designer. M'ood and Photo Engraver— 
Xo. 95 East ]»Iain !$t. 

Eamsdell, the engraver, is too well-known 
to the business public of Rochester to re- 
quire any extended mention at our hands. 
That he is a leader in his line "goes without 
saying." His facilities for turning out first- 
class work with his perfected processes in 
iise, and the employment of skillful opera- 
tives, combine to produce the best effects 
and results of which the art is capable. 
His services may be secured with every 
confidence that his work is equal to that of 
any rival establishment, and at prices that 
will suit the demand. His place of business 
is at No. 95 East Main street, where he will 
be found at all reasonable hours, prepared 
to receive and execute all orders in his line 
promptly and in the best style of the art. 



METROPOLITAN STORAGE WAREHOUSE. , 



Offices, 10©. 



A. R. Sheffer. Proprietor— Rear of Xos. 367, 369 and 371 State St. 
lOl and loa Ellwanger A^Barry Ruilding. 

The great storage warehouses of New York have of late years become a noted 
feature of life in the metropolis, affording the best possible facilities for the tempo- 
rary disposal of merchandise, household goods and ivipedimenta of every kind port- 
able and liable to damage or deterioration from careless handling. The idea, however, 
has been rather slow of adoption by interior communities, probably from a fear that 
the innovation would fail to attract adequate patronage. That view, however, has 
been exploded, so far as Rochester is concerned, by Mr. A. R. Sheffer, who last 
December completed and opened in rear of Nos. 367, 369 and 371 State street the 
new "Metropolitan " storage warehouse, moaeled and conducted (with' some improve- 
ments) on the Eastern system. The building is provided with an immense elevator, 
8x15 feet, capable of carrying to the upper floors carriages, wagons and other bulky 
objects, and the plan of storage is so perfect that the goods of any particular patron 
may be quickly reached without disturbing those of others. Nothing will be delivered 
for removal without a written order from the depositor or other authorized person, 
and confusion or loss is impossible. In like manner warehouse receipts are issued to 
customers, all goods are transferred carefully in vans or trucks, insured if desired, 
numbered and scheduled, and delivered in any part of the city or shipped elsewhere, 
on demand and payment of charges. Separate compartments are provided for the 
storage of different classes of goods, as the various kinds of merchandise, furniture, 
pianos, trunks, mirrors, carriages, machinery, oils, liquors, etc., and there is no danger 
of injury from contact. 

The Metropolitan affords some 75,000 square feet of storage space, and is already 
pretty well filled. Mr. Sheffer is desirous of affording to the business community 
facilities for the economical storage of surplus stocks, and therefore contemplates 
constructing an addition to his present warehouse that will make it 200 feet in depth, 
with safety deposit vaults in connection for the storage of plate, valuable pictures 
and other rare and costly objects. The venture deserves, and will doubtless receive, 
liberal support. Mr. Sheffer may be found in his oflBces, rooms 100, 101 and 102 Ell- 
wanger & Barry building. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



STRONG, WOODBURY & CO., 



Manufacturers of IVIiips and LiaNhe.»t— IWo. Ill Allen Street. 



AmoDg the many man- 
ufacturing houses that 
\ have materially aided 
\ this city in achieving its 
prominent position as a 
arge manufacturing cen- 
ter, there are not many 
whose assistance has 
been more beneficial 
tlian that of Messrs. 
Strong, Woodbury & Co., 
whose house is among 
the oldest and largest in 
the especial branch in 
which it is engaged. 
The parent establish- 
ment was founded in 
1865, and although at 
that time it was but an 
embryo of the present 
large enterprise, its ear- 
lier years achieved a 
commercial success that 
was a prophecy of the 



greater magnitude of its operations, when the city should have acquired greater size 
and commercial importance. But the enterprise was successful from its inception, 
and its gradual and steady growth has been the customary result of commercial in- 
tegrity, fair dealing and keen, although conservative, business enterprise. 

Messrs. Strong, Woodbury & Co. at present occupy a splendid brick building, four 
stories high, 72x100 feet in area, at the corner of Allen and Washington streets. There 
they employ one hundred operatives and manufacture whips and lashes of all kinds, 
with the aid of special machinery designed expressly for this class of product. The 
trade controlled by the firm of Strong, Woodbury & Co. is extremely large and con- 
stantly and steadily increasing, and extends all over the United States, in addition to 
which the house does a large export trade with Australia. 

All the members of the firm are Rochester men, and the name of Strong, Woodbury 
& Co. is an accepted guarantee for first-class workmanship and excellent material, as 
the names of the individual members of the firm are conceded to be synonymous with 
personal and commercial honor and integrity. Among all the business houses in this 
city there are but few that equal and none that excel the firm of Strong, Woodbury k 
Co. in the deservedly high reputation they possess. Both members of the firm are 
members of the recently inaugurated Chamber of Commerce. 




MAY BROTHERS, 



TMurserynien ; l>ealers in Hardy Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubljery, Roses, 
etc.— St. Paul. Minn., and Rocliester, X. Y.— Office. Osburn House Block. 

Among the old-established, most active, enterprising and successful of Rochester 
nurserymen is the firm of May Brothers, who maintain offices in both Rochester and 
St. Paul, Minn. These gentlemen are affable and liberal, and have already made 
many friends among nurserymen and others directly and indirectly interested in the 
trade, disposing of their products all over the American continent. They employ 300 
men, and are ready to engage a good many more salesmen of the right kind. Messrs. 
May Brothers handle hardy stock exclusively — fruit trees, shade and ornamental 
trees, shrubs, roses, etc., and are prepared to sell in quantities to suit, quality and 
grade guaranteed, on the most liberal terms. Write for terms. 



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167 



FRANK RITTER, 



Manufacturer of Parlor Furniture— Xos. 5«3 and 5«5 Xorth St. Paul St. 

In the present cultivated stage of 
t^W^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^IMffk public taste, the articles of furniture 

m I J^^^ -^-^ ^^^ 1 liy elegance and refinement by our fathers 

11 Ix^ JIw^^ ^iiiJi il ' i^ Ji 'A i WMi^^ ^^^ grandfathers are now either occu- 

11 I ^^^S^^^^^^^^^^^g 1 1 II pants of lumber-rooms or pointed to 

"III II «? ^♦'*JM'»^!S?^i^liJ;XlB*tff llllll" with pride as curios. The old and 

stately four-post bedstead no longer 
suggests unpleasant ideas of a mauso- 
leum to the contemplative sleeper, and 
the nightmares that some time since 
took form from the dyspeptic furniture 
manufacturers have succumbed to the 
light, airy, graceful yet durable forms 
of the present day. 

Conspicuous among the makers of 
fine and medium class parlor furniture 
is Frank Ritter, who established his 
present factory in 1871, and who during 
his seventeen years of manufacturing 
experience has become noted for the 
beauty and novelty of his styles, one 
of his latest designs being the suite No. 
165, of one piece of which we present 
an illustration herewith, and the excel- 
lent wearing qualities of his goods. At 
his factory, at Nos. 563 and 565 North 
St. Paul street, he has a very fine plant 
of modern and improved wood-working 
machinery, employs ninety operatives, 
makes parlor furniture of all kinds, but 
makes a specialty of medium and fine 
parlor furniture in walnut and cherry, 
which commands a ready sale all over 
the United States. His main factory is 
of four stories, 142x52 feet; the ware- 
rooms, upholstering and storage depart- 
ment are of five stories, 50x70 feet, thus 
furnishing Mr. Ritter with 47,000 square 
feet of available floor space in both 
factories. Mr. Riiter does a very large business, which is constantly being extended 
by his admirable business methods, excellent reputation and the celebrity of his 
manufactures. 




S. J. ARNOLD & CO., 



Dry Ciioocls. Xotions, I^adles" and «entlenien"s Furnishing Goods. Hosiery. White 
<]ioods and Trimmings at M'holesale— Xo. 44 Xorth St. Pa»il St. 

An unpretending yet important factor in the process of Rochester's trade 
development is the flourishing dry goods house of S. J. Arnold & Co., No. 44 North 
St. Paul street, established in 1872, and composed of Messrs. I. Beir, W. R. Gormley, 
M. Berg and C. G. Arnold. The premises are 33 feet front, 125 feet deep and four 
stories in height, aflordmg 16,500 square feet of floor space, packed to repletion with 
superb lines of choice hoisery, gloves, laces, woolens, prints, white goods, notions, 
trimmings, ladies' and gentlemen's furnishings, etc., carefully selected with reference 
to the special requirements of their trade, which extends from Lake Ontario to 
Central Pennsylvania and west to Ohio, and is wholesale exclusively. The firm is 
represented on the floor of the Chamber of Commerce of this city. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



CARSON, MEYER & CO., 



Manufiftcturers and Jobbers of Y'^ouths", Boys' ami Children's Clothing— Kos. 
37 and 39 IWorth !!^t. Paul St. 

-Promiuent among those who have made for Rochester her superb reputation as a 
manufacturing center is the house of Garson, Meyer & Co., established in 1879 by 
Messrs. M. Garson and T. and M. Meyer, all old residents of the city, whose lives 
from boyhood up have been devoted to this branch of business, and whose combined 
tact, capital and industry have built up here one of the most extensive manufacturing 
and jobbing plants of the kind in the United States, outside of New York city. 

The firm own and occupy the monster six-story and basement building at Nos. 37 
and 39 North St. Paul street, 60 feet front by 120 feet deep, arranged and fitted 
especially for their own use. On the first floor are the offices and sample room for 
the convenience of buyers when inspecting stock, spacious, beautifully lighted and so 
arranged that the salesman may show any desired line of goods without delay or 
confusion. On the second floor is the cutting department, presided over by a veteran 
designer who is assisted by a competent corps of practical cutters, the actual labor 
being performed by a novel collection of special machinery of ingenious construction 
operated by a powerful improved electric motor. The third, fourth and fifth floors 
are devoted to the storage of reserve'stocks of uncut fabrics and manufactured goods, 
and the sixth to manufacturing. Here scores of women, girls and sewing machines 
make music (and clothes) from morn to night every day in the year, besides a con- 
tingent of six hundred who work at home. In all, the firm employ seven hundred 
and fifty people. The shipping department is in the basement, and all the floors are 
reached by both stairways and elevator. 

The leading specialties of the house include only youths', boys' and children's 
ready-made garments in fine and medium grades and in the latest styles. Importing 
largely and buying extensively from home markets the fabrics they use, they have a 
great advantage over rivals who operate on a less extended scale, and are prepared 
to quote extremely low prices to the trade besides conceding the most favorable 
terms. This firm have in process of erection a mammoth building on North St. 
Paul street, opposite the New York Central depot, which will be complete and ready 
for their occupancy in in 1889. The constantly increasing demands of their buisness 
have rendered this st«p a necessity, thus adding another architectural celebrity to 
this city, already famous for its immense manufacturing plants in this and other lines. 



ROBERT BRYSON, 



Boiler Maker-Xo.a35 Mill !>$treet. 

With the increased use of steam as 
a motive power, the manufacture of 
boilers has come to be one of the most 
important industries extant. The in- 
dustry is ably represented in Roches- 
ter by the subject of this sketch, who 
commenced the business in 1883 in a 
very favorable location for its success- 
ful prosecution, No. 225 Mill street. The 
workshops occupy a surface of up- 
wards of 1,000 square feet, and contain 
a complete machine plant of the latest 
order of improvement. None but the 
most capable workmen are employed, and consequently the turn-out is of the highest 
order. Several boilers at present in use in the city attest to the excellence of the 
firm's maoufacture, which includes horizontal and vertical boilers of every description. 
A large business is also done in repairs, in the execution of which the house never fails 
to give the utmost satisfaction. The goods of this firm are in profitable request in 
Rochester and the vicinity, and the demand for them is continually increasing. By 
close application to business and a conscientious performance of work, Mr. Bryson 
has founded a flourishing concern upon a sound and enlarging base. 




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169 



THE GUNDLACH OPTICAL COMPANY, 




Manufacturers of the Higiiest tjJrades of Microscopes, Objectives of All Kinds, 
Pliotographic licnses, Telescopes, Eye Pieces, etc.— Xo. 75 Stone St. 

The Gundlach Optical Company, 
organized in 1883, is composed of 
Messrs. Ernst Gundlach, John Zell- 
weger, Henry H. Turner and John C. 
Lieich, experienced and competent 
optical instrument and appliance 
manufacturers. Occupying one floor 
at No. 75 Stone street, and employing 
a large number of specially trained 
artisans, besides a splendid comple- 
ment of the finest scientific machinery 
and apparatus, the company is pre- 
pared to fill, in the best manner and at 
short notice, all orders for superior 
work and appliances in their line, com- 
prising microscopes of every degree of 
power, and of the highest grades, 
every variety of object glasses, tele- 
scopes, eye pieces, photographic lenses, 
and all special optical work. The rec- 
tigraphic lens for the use of photog- 
raphers, herewith illustrated, is con- 
fessedly of the best class, and the only 
lens of that grade made in this country, patrons of this house thereby saving 
the duty imposed upon the importation of this description of goods, besides en- 
couraging American manufactures. The company say of this lens: "Although the 
manufacture of photographic lenses is with us a comparatively late departure, yet the 
splendid qualities of the rectigraphic (it being constructed on a principle superior to 
that employed in the construction of any other photographic lens in the market) have 
won for it, in the short time it has been before the photographic public, a well recog- 
nized place in the front rank of photographic objectives, and our sales of it during 
the past year have far surpassed our greatest expectations. The rectigraphic pos- 
sesses all the qualities required to make it equally valuable for either landscape or 
portrait work. For the latter purpose we recommend especially the large sizes, from 
No. 4 up. When used with the modern dry plate, they will equal the best portrait 
lens in rapidity, while, with their full opening, they have wonderful depth and micro- 
scopic sharpness. The rectigraphic is superior to any lens in the market in flatness of 
field, and is the only one that can be focused sharp at the extreme edge of the field, 
being free from astigmatism. Each lens is supplied with a set of diaphragms in a 
morocco case." 

In addition to the rectigraphic the company makes several other styles of photo- 
graphic lenses. Their perigraphic lens is the only instantaneous wide angle lens in 
the market, and is destined to be of great value to, and very popular with, photog- 
raphers. They also make a lens of extreme wide angle for use in confined situations. 
All these lenses come in sizes varying from twelve-sixteenths of an inch to three inches. 
They are fully indorsed by leading photographic artists of Rochester, New York city 
and elsewhere. 

This company is also deserving of great credit for the fact that they are the first 
and only firm in the United States to give the scientific public the benefit of micros- 
cope objectives, made from the celebrated "new" or apochromatic glass, made in 
Germany, about which so much has been written in the various journals of the day. 
It may safely be said that the work of the Gundlach Optical Company has done much 
to give the city of Rochester a high standing in the commercial world for the manu- 
facture of the best grade of scientific instruments. 



ivo 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



W. D. CHAPMAN, SON & CO., 



ManulYicturers of Fishine Tackle and Sporting Goods— Xo. 1!S1 State St. 







There are few anglers of any experience, no matter in what part of the civilized 
world, but are familiar with the name, and probably with the goods, of W. D. Chap- 
man, Son & Co., one of the leading manufacturers of the world, in this line. The 
house was established in 1860, at Theresa, N.Y., and was removed to Rochester in 
1887, on account of the superior facilities offered by this city for carrying on an en- 
larged trade. The partners consist of W. D. & B. W. Chapman and J. H. Carnegie, 
all natives of New York, where they are well known and esteemed. Mr. Carnegie, the 
lately admitted partner, is a gentleman of the highest business qualifications, whilst 
of the Chapmans, father and son, it may be said that if a lifetime spent in the con- 
scientious and unflagging pursuit of an object merits its attainment, their pro- 
nounced success is well deserved and due to no fortuitous circumstances. The large 
sum of $40,000 is invested in this business, and used with the forethought and judg- 
ment which characterize all the transactions of this house. The trade which, besides 
covering the whole of the United States includes considerable exports, represents the 



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171 



splendid sum of $60,000 annually. It has undergone steady increase for year8,.due 
to the excellency of the goods and the advantageous circumstances under which* the 
vast resources of the firm enable it to deal with its customers. Although dealing in 
sporting goods generally, the special trade of the house is in angler's supplies, for 
which it has gained its high reputation. A large stock of these goods is carried, com- 
prising all kinds of apparatus and utensils, and every description of line, hook, and 
artificial bait, a considerable number among the best of which are the firm's own in- 
vention. W. D. Chapman, Son & Co. issue an artistic and exhaustive illustrated cat- 
alogue of their manufactures, which should be in the hands of every disciple of 
Izaak Walton. This firm is represented on the floor of the Chamber of Commerce. j| 



JAMES W. GILLIS, . 



Manufacturer of Picture Frames and Mouldings— No. 195 Exrhang^e Street. 




The history of this, one of the acknowledged leading concerns of Rochester 
illustrates in a marked degree what may be achieved by close application to business 
unflagging energy and integrity. In 1869 Mr. James W. Gillis established the nu- 
cleus of this now splendid concern in a little room in the Walbridge block on State 
street. There was nothing to indicate more than ordinary success for the infant 
enterprise, nor was its eventual prosperity assisted by any fortuitous circumstances. 
Gradually the uniform excellence of its output brought the house into prominence 
and in 1880 the business was transferred to its present convenient quarters in the 
capacious five-story building, the whole of which is owned and occupied by Mr. Gillis. 

A force of competent workmen, approximating 160 in number, is employed. 
The operations are directed to the manufacture of the highest grades of picture 
frames, mouldings, cabinet frames, fancy mirrors, etc. It is conceded that for artistic 
design, thorough workmanship and superior finish, the work of this house is unsur- 
passed in America if in the world. Throughout the length and breadth of this con- 
tinent these goods are known and held in the highest repute. They are so held 
because of their entire originality in design and finish, and freedom from established 
ruts. Mr. Gillis' New York salesroom, at No. 34 Bond street, is in the capable charge 
of Mr. E. C. Whitney, whose thorough knowledge of the business renders him pecu- 
liarly adapted to the responsible position. 

Mr. Gillis finds time apart from his business to participate in important movements 
tending to Rochester's advancement, and holds various positions of trust and import- 
ance in municipal affairs outside of politics, which he has wisely kept clear of. 



1*72 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

MOORE & BEIR, 

Manufacturers of Youths', Boys' and Children's Clothing— Xos. 75, 77, 79 and 

81 Xorth St. Paul St. 

Messrs. L. W. Moore and I. J. Beir are natives of Rochester, and from boyhood 
have been connected with the clothing trade in the several capacities of clerks, local 
and traveling salesmen, retail and wholesale merchants, manufacturers on a small 
scale, and finally as proprietors of one of the largest clothing factories in the State, 
outside of New York city. Forming a co-partnership in 1875, they began on a moder- 
ate scale on Mill street, where they remained, constantly increasing their facilities and 
extending their trade connections, until 1882, when they erected and occupied their 
present mammoth building, Nos. 75 to 81 North St. Paul street, 80 feet front, 140 feet 
deep, six stories in height, of brick, constructed in the most substantial manner, fire- 
proof throughout, and, as a further precaution against accidents, surrounded by va- 
cant ground, completely isolated from other buildings. ' In the basement are placed a 
powerful engine and two boilers for heating purposes and to run the elevators and 
other machinery, which includes, besides several hundred sewing machines, several 
Feno cutters of great capacity. The workings force numbers 700, from which it may 
readily be inferred the output is enormous in bulk and value. It is disposed of as 
fast as made to the trade all over the New England, Middle and Western States, and 
with all their facilities the firm is always more or less pressed to fill orders. 

Moore & Beir make no men's clothing whatever, confining their attention exclu- 
sively to supplying the demand for youths', boys' and children's wear, in which special- 
ties they have few, if any, rivals. They buy their goods in vast quantities for cash 
wherever the most favorable figures can be found, fabrics considered, in the American, 
English, French or German markets, and divide the advantages thus secured with 
their trade. Everything turned out of their factory is of the latest style and design, 
of superior material, workmanship and finish, and in all respects desirable and salable. 
They import largely of both goods and foreign novelties in styles, and strive to lead 
the market in everything pertaining to their especial branch of trade, which includes 
all grades, from the finest to the most ordinary. 

Both members of the firm are young men, full of snap and enterprise, proud of 
their city, of their success and of their high business standing. Like most live Roch- 
ester men, they were early enrolled In the Chamber of Commerce. 



JAMES PAYNE, 



Manufacturer of jCahinet and Picture Frame Mouldinss, Window Cornices 
and Poles, Map and Show Card Mounting, Ii-regular M'ood Turniug, etc., 
etc,— Office, Salesroom and Factory. Xos, 9* Andrews and 169 X. Mater Sts. 

Among the well-known manufaoturers of this class of goods in Rochester, the 
above house is favorably known for the excellence of its products and the originality 
and novelties in design produced. Among the special features in the way of 
improved machinery may be mentioned the Weymouth automatic lathe for irregu- 
lar turning, the most complete machine of its kind ever manufactured for the produc- 
tion of finished special designs or novelties in the frame and moulding trade. In the weU- 
stocked warerooms of this establishment may always be found a complete line of frames 
and mouldings for all styles and purposes, while any special design is readily pro- 
duced in the well-equipped factory in the rear. Window cornices and poles, cabinet 
and picture frame mouldings, map and show card mounting are among the specialties 
produced. The factory situated in the rear of warerooms is large, provided with all 
improvements and facilities for the manufacture of the above grades of goods. 

The proprietor, Mr. Payne, is a gentleman of large experience, a practical work- 
man, who supervises personally the production of all work in the several departments. 
The business, which has long been established, is rapidly extending not only in this 
city but in various portions of this and the surrounding States, and large shipments 
are constantly made to outside customers, who, realizing and appreciating the class 
of goods produced, and the very reasonable prices charged for the same, have been and 
continue to be steady patrons of the house. Strangers in Rochester and intending 
purchasers are always welcome to look over and compare prices with those of other 
manufacturers. 



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E. P. REED & CO., 



Manufaotiirerw of ladies' Fine !!^hoes- South i^t. Paul Street. 





The wonderful growth of the shoe trade with its 
rapid extension of late years has placed Rochester in 
the proud position of fourth in order of importance in 
that industry throughout the United States. 

The number of the firms engaged in this line in 
Rochester is very great ; but, as in every 
other industry, a few houses stand promi- 
nently out from the mass as eminently rep- 
resentative of their particular business, &o in 
the shoe trade this position here is unani 
mously granted to E. P. Reed & Co., ol^ 
account of the magnitude of their operations 
and the integrity of their dealings. The business was established twenty years 
ago on a comparatively small scale, from whi(?li enterprise and a close attention to 
business, has raised it to its present splendid proportions. »'**■ 

The company occupy 25,000 square feet in their imposing building, five stories in 
height, on South St. Paul street, in which 280 hands find constant employment. The 
very latest and most approved kinds of shoe machinery are in place in the factory, 
having a capacity of 1,000 pairs of shoes daily. 

Experts are employed in the selection of the material and the greatest skill and 
care are exercised in the make up. with the result that the house turns out an article 
which insures a large demand. The house was very fortunate in the selection of a 
business site which gives them remarkably good manufacturing and shipping facil- 
ities. The firm's trade is in the West and South, where their goods are held in very 
favorable repute, their specialite in particular, McKay sewed, hand-turned and Good- 
year welt ladies' fine shoes, being in constant demand. To the practical experience, 
extending over 20 years, of Mr. Reed, with whom Mr. Y. Farley, jr., is associated in 
the management, is no doubt to be attributed in a large degree the success of the 
house and the wonderfully rapid development of the trade, which last year increaeed as 
much as 40 per cent., or nearly half. The outlook of E. P. Reed & Co. is particularly 
encouraging, and a vast improvement in their already very large business may con- 
fidently be expected. Both gentlemen are members of the Chamber of Commerce. 



STONE & CAMPBELL, 



Mereliant Millei s— Irving Mills. Brown s Race. 

n Among the foremost of those who still maintain Rochester's old-time reputation 
in milling is the firm of Stone & Campbell, proprietors of the Irving Mills, Mill street 
and Brown's race. These mills were erected in 1840 by Mr. J. C. Stone, who died in 
1858. The present firm, composed of Messrs. H. D. Stone and T. C. Campbell — the 
first-named a son of the founder — was organized in 1872. The Irving Mills, four 
stories, 50x110 feet, were entirely overhauled and refitted some years ago, since which 
time they have been kept up to the highest standard of efficiency, the equipment 
embracing all that is latest and best in modern improved gradual reduction and 
roller process machinery, driven by Genesee river water power, utilized by means of 
powerful turbine wheels of the latest and best design. These mills, with capacity of 
four hundred barrels per diem, are devoted to a line of choice grain products, viz. : 
"H. D. Stone" wheat meal, '' W. W. Carr" Graham flour, and "Irving Mills" patent 
rye flour, roller process — all of which are of the highest grade and deservedly popu- 
lar. The firm also own and operate a fine flouring mill at Elmira, capacity two 
hundred barrels daily, turning out superior grades of that pi'oduct. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



MOSELEY & MOTLEY MILLING CO. 




B. Moseley, President ; C. E. Angle, Secretary and Treasurer— Operating the 
Flour City Roller Mills, A and B, Mill St. 

The soubriquet of the Flour City 
has long been a deserved designa- 
tion of Rochester, and although the 
amount of manufacture of this neces- 
sary staple has been eclipsed by Min- 
neapolis, the latter city has not suc- 
ceeded in surpassing in quality. For 
superiority of grade and large capa- 
city for production there is no plant 
iu the city that excels the Flour City 
Roller Mills, now operated by the 
Moseley & Motley Milling Company, 
and whose mills, A and B, are situ- 
ated on Mill street. 

The firm was inaugurated in 1861 
by Moseley & Chapman. In 1862 
George Motle> purchased the interest of Mr. Chapman, and in 1864 J. B. Moseley 
succeeded to the interest of his father. In 1880 C. E. Angle was admitted to a 
partnership, and in 1881 E. A. Webster became a member of the firm. In December 
of 1881 Mr. Motley died, and in December of 1887 Mr. Webster was killed, he being 
one of the victims of the dreadful naphtha explosion. April 1, 1888, the remaining 
members of the old firm of Moseley & Motley incorporated their business under the 
laws of the State of New York, electing J. B. Moseley president, A. J. Motley vice- 
president, and C. E. Angle secretary and treasurer. 

The plant of the present company consists of two mills, A and B, the former 50x 
100 feet, four stories in front and six stories in the rear, and the latter 50x100 feet, 
four stories in front and seven stories in the rear. The "A" mill has three run of 
stone on middlings, besides recent improved roller process machinery. The " B " mill 
is provided exclusively with the latest improved roller process machinery. These 
mills are the largest in the city, employ thirty men, use hard Duluth spring wheat 
of No. 1 quality, and New York State white and red wheat. Their combined capacity 
is 700 barrels of flour daily, and the articles manufactured comprise "Spring Patent," 
" Bakers'," " Straight Spring," " Winter Patent," " Family " and Graham flour. The 
territory covered by the sales of this large and prosperous house embraces the Eastern 
States, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The mills are running to their full 
capacity, there being a great demand for their products. All the members of the 
firm are Rochester men, well known and highly respected for their individual and 
business integrity and enterprise, which has so materially advanced the welfare of 
the city wherein they carry on their successful and growing business iuterests. The 
company is represented in the Chamber of Commerce. 



EDWIN B. SINTZENICH, 



Proprietor Rochester Engine and Boiler M'orks— Builder of Steam Yachts. 
Tug and Canal Boat Engines, etc.— Xo. 117 Xorth Mater St. 

The balance slide valve engine originated and is manufactured exclusively by Mr. 
Edwin B. Sintzenich, of Rochester. This slide valve is universally indorsed by prac- 
tical engineers everywhere, and coming steadily into general use. 

Mr. Sintzenich was born here, is an accomplished machmist and engineer, and 
embarked in businesson his own account in 1878, at No. 12 South Water street, whence 
he removed in 1886 to his present location, the ground floor, 25x85 feet, No. 117 North 
Water street, Avhere he is much more eligibly situated, and in all respects better 
equipped for the biisinesa to which he gives his attention, which includes the con- 
struction of light pleasure yachts complete, tug and canal boat engines and boilers, 
and the execution of orders for jobbing and repairing of all kinds. Mr. Sintzenich is 
the inventor of what is pronounced a superior type of improved upright boiler, well 
worthy the attention of yachtsmen and canal boatmen. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 175 




Ulauufarturer of and Dealer in Fine Candies and Confections— Ko. 50 £ast Main 
St.— John T. Kolierts. Resident Manager. 

The antiquity of this branch of manufacture is undoubted, but just how far back 
Buch articles were made is impossible to state. It is not our specific purpose to pur- 
sue antediluvian investigation in this article, but to introduce the public to a house 
here which might be the lineal descendant of the first candy maker, and have im- 
proved through each successive generation, so perfect are their products at the pres- 
ent day. This fact is so thoroughly recognized that the name is a guarantee for 
superior excellence, and the face of the fair recipient is wreathed in smiles when pre- 
sented with a box of candy whereon appears the " open sesame " to the excellent 
candy of Huyler. 

Under this well-known name exists an incorporated company, who operate a large 
number of stores at various principal cities, one of the most celebrated being that 
located at No. 50 East Main street in this city. This was established in 1881, by Mr. 
John T. Roberts, the present resident manager, and there are transacted the multi- 
farious manufactures of this celebrated house, comprising their well-known candies 
of all kinds and descriptions, as well as various specialties for which the house is 
noted, such as cocoa, chocolate, medicated candies, and special novelties for weddings, 
dinners, banquets, etc. This house also imports all its celebrated Parisian novelties 
direct from the first manufacturers there, and therefore in this line, as in its own 
prodiacts, is unexcelled. 

The premises occupied are at the corner of Main and Front streets, being 28 feet 
on the former by 38 feet on the latter thoroughfare, and comprise the ground floor 
and basement, in the latter location the manufacture being carried ou. The ground 
floor is the retail department, and is a gem of beautiful and artistic decoration. The 
ceilings and walls are finished in superb scrafitto work, and with handsome medallions 
to enhance the design, and is justly entitled to the distinction it has achieved of being 
the handsomest store in the city. Although lighted by handsome plate-glass win- 
dows ou both fronts, incandescent electric lights, in groups, dot the ceiling and are 
kept burning day and night, thus making the extreme beauty and tastefulness of the 
decorations readily perceptible at all times. The trade of the house comprises the 
elite of Rochester and vicinity, and this store is constantly thronged with the most 
distinguished of our society people, to whom the name and confections of Huyler "are 
familiar in their mouths as household words." 

Mr. Roberts, the efficient and popular manager, is a native of the Empire State, 
and a thorough business man in the prime of life. He is not alone remarkably suc- 
cessful in managing the large and growing trade of the house, but is as capable in 
promoting every public movement for the weal of the city, and is therefore as highly 
esteemed in commercial as in society circles. He is an active and energetic member 
of the Chamber of Commerce. 



FRED. D. ALLING, 



Manufacturer of Superior Writing Inks and Office Mucilage — Xo. 155 ^%'est 

Main St. 

If twenty years' experience in the manufacture of an article is a guarantee of ex- 
cellence, the productions of Mr. Alliug's labor are unquestionably entitled to the 
claim of superiority. The firm manufactures a first-class quality of writing ink, which, 
with their office mucilage, finds a ready and extensive market in all parts of the 
United States and Canada. The standard reputation of these widely-known goods 
occasions a continually enlarging demand, to further which the house keeps a num- 
ber of travelers constantly upon the road. The business is carried on in the com- 
modious premises at No. 155 West Main street, where the staff of employes is kept 
fully occupied. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



ROCHESTER OPTICAL COMPANY, 




Maiiiifacturers of Photographic Apparatus— Bee Hive Building, Rochester, 
IN. v.— W. F. CarltoM, Proprietor. 

One of the most useful 
aud interesting arts is, un- 
doubtedly, that of photoorra- 
phy. Its increased knowl- 
edge and the practice of it 
dviring late years is due to 
the excellence and cheap- 
ness which has been attained 
in the manufacture of 
the apparatus. This city 
contains one of the most 
important concerns connect- 
ed with this industry, in the 
Rochester Optical Company, 
jrhe company was organized 
in 1882 aud came under the 
management of its present 
proprietor Mr. W. F. Carl- 
ton, in 1883, who besides 
being thoroughly acquaint- 
ed with every detail of the 
manufacture, is himself a highly accomplished photographer, and thus able to judge 
accurately the needs of others. The firm employs only skilled workmen and the very 
best material, and their goods are turned out under the direct supervision of the 
management. If these facts are not sufficient guarantee of the unequaled superior- 
ity of the manufacture, corroboration is found in the enthusiastic indorsement of 
photographers and the trade. The house keeps pace with the times, adapting their 
apparatus to every fresh arising need, and adopting every new improvement. The 
result is that their various descriptions of photographic outfit are at once the most 
complete, serviceable, and economical. The specialty of the firm, in which it jiistly 
prides itself, is the production of the finest view cameras for amateurs and profes- 
sionals. These goods have a ready sale in every part of the United States, Central 
and South America. The demand for them is excessive, and increased about 30 
per cent, during the late season; complete catalogues of which aud other photographic 
apparatus are mailed upon application. To comply with these calls the company 
employ a large staff of hands, and run a quantity of first-class machinery. Indeed 
their plant is one of the most complete of its kind in the country. Their premises are 
commodious and conveniently situated in the Bee Hive building, Aqueduct street. 
The reputation of the concern is so high and widespread that further commendation 
of their manufactures is unnecessary; but it may be added that the business is in an 
exceedingly prosperous condition, and the present phenomenal increase in it shows no 
signs of abatement. Mr. Carlton is the inventor of several improvements in photo- 
graphic apparatus and the author of a very valuable little book named the "Amateur 
Photographer." 

ROCHESTER PAPER CO. 



C. S. Hastings. President: ^V. A. Huhbard. Vice-President: A. C. Hastings, 
Secretary— Paper Manufacturers— L>ower Falls of the tieuesee River. 

The Rochester Paper Company was incorporated in 1864; that company now has a 
paid-up capital of S 175,000. Their plant of machinery and accessories occupies 
about two acres of land and fifteen baildings at the lower falls of the Genesee river, 
and the facilities employed are very large and complete. 

Wood-pulp enters largely into their print paper as an ingredient, and this sub- 
stance makes th3 paper more tenacious and far less brittle than straw-pulp, and also 
is devoid of the objectionable yellow fragments of straw that are always present in 
paper made with that substance as a component. 



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Ill 



GOGGIN & KNOWLES. 



Edward fjioggiii and .T. IV. JKiiowles— Tin, Copper and Aroiiit«M'tural <»alAan- 
ized Ii-on Works— Xos. 37H East Main and HH »!itlIlNon Sts. 




This house was founded in 1878 by the present firm and at their present location, 
and during their business career they have met with deserved success from the qual- 
ity of their work and their accurate methods of dealing with their customers. In the 
building occupied by this tirm they have one floor, 20x200 feet, where they have 
special machinery needful for the prosecution of their business, a cornice machine 
and press of the latest and most approved designs. They manufacture tin, copper 
and galvanized iron goods, making a specialty of cornices, crestings, etc., and of 
slate and tin roofing and general job work, furnishing estimates on any required 
work at short notice. Among much other work done by this firm in the city and 
elsewhere may be mentioned the ornamental work, cornice, etc., on the Childs block. 
North St. Paul street; on the Davis block. East avenue, and on the Protective hoee 
house, Fitzhugh street. Their trade is large and growing, extending chiefly through- 
out this city and Western New York. 

Both members of the firm are natives of this city and practical workmen in the 
business they successfully carry on. 



A. J. REIBLING. 



Insurance— Room lH, Oslmrn Hou^e Block. Corner Main and St. Paul Sts. 

In the front rank of Rochester insurance men stands Mr. A. J. Reibling, whose 
eligibly located office, in room 12, Osburn House block, is one of the most attractive 
in the city. Mr. E. is a well-known and popular underwriter of large experience, 
having conducted the business here since 1872. 

Mr. Reibling represents a splendid line of companieG, among them the Conti- 
nental, of New York; the Newark Fire, of New Jersey; the Milwaukee Mechanics', 
the Citizens' and the Peoples', of Pittsburg, and others, all sound, safe and reliable 
corporations, well-established and famous, each offering some special feature of 
jidvantage to the insurer. Of the Milwaukee Mechanics' Fire and Lightning Insur- 
ance Company it is only necessary to say that its phenomenal success has advanced 
the book value of its stock to 472, which, with but one exception, is without parallel 
for magnitude. The safety fund policies are a prominent and valuable feature 
in protecting the policy-holder and. providing against extraordinary conflagrations. 
The Milwaukee Mechanics', with its net surplus nearly four times its capital, stands 
in foremost ranks of American millionaire companies. Its meritorious record for the 
past thirty-five years, for fair adjustment and prompt payment of its losses, is a forci- 
ble testimonial to those having property to insure. 

One of the surest tests of a strong company is the amount of assets to each SlOO 
liabilities, for which the Firemen's Insurance Company has $742, and of net surplus 
to each $100 liabilities the same company has .'$372. 

A further evidence of Mr. Reibling's popularity and of the trust confided in him, 
is the position he occupies as financial secretary in several savings and loan associa- 
tions, which are now recognized as solid financial institutions for investment by all 
classes. 



1V8 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. 
OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. 



Assets, January 1st. 188^, «*^8.858,018.90— Surplus, «4,041,889.18— M. 1>. JL. 
Hayes. General Agent, Kl^vood Building, Rooms 19 and ISO, Rochester, X. Y. 

This company was organized and commenced business November 25th, 1858. To- 
day it invites comparison with all other companies of the country on the vital points 
— Strength, Safety and Cheapness. 

Strength — Its four-per-cent. (actuaries) basis is a standard of safety so conserva- 
tive that seventeen years after this reserve was adopted by this company it was 
adopted by the State of New York as the legal safeguard for the fullest protection 
of the insured. For so long a time had the company been giving its policy holders 
a security to which legislation could find nothing to add ! The same prudence confines 
its investments almost entirely to loans secured by bond and mortgage upon the most 
productive of farming lands, whose increase in value is more rapid than that of any 
other possible to secure; a value not affected by panics or periods of depression. 
No other company can show six-sevenths of its assets invested in loans on bond and 
mortgage. 

The Northwestern Mutual is the only one of all the large companies which has not 
a single dollar invested on fluctuating securities, and by the provisions of its own char- 
ter, as well as by the State law, it is restricted from ever taking such chances. Its sal- 
aried loaning agents have no temptation to negotiate unsafe loans for the sake of com- 
mission, and the borrower is thus able to pay a higher rate of interest directly to the 
trustees. The promptness of interest payments and the small amount unpaid upon 
the due dates as published in frequent statements, are among the wonders of the finan- 
cial world, and the actual statistics of the aiJairs of this great corporation show an es- 
tablished prosperity so far beyond reasonable expectation as to be almost incredible. 

Its location has proved au immense advantage in respect to high rates of interest. 
No other large company can show, for a single year, such an interest income as is a 
matter of many years' history with the Northwestern Mutual. Its death claims, ex- 
penses AND TAXES, WERE PAID FROM THE INTEREST ALONE DURING THOSE YEARS ! Com- 
ment is superfluous on the financial management of a company whose payments to 
policy holders, added to the present assets, amount to over nine millions more than 
the entire premium receipts. Its new business has been for years more than double 
that of any other company working exclusively in the United States. 

Safety.— The Northwestern is a purely mutual company, with no capital stock. 
Its partners are its policy holders, among whom all profits are divided. Each thou- 
sand dollars of insurance means a vote in the management of the company's business. 
The proxy system has been most carefully restricted in the charter; no officer, trustee, 
agent, clerk or employe of the company can cast a proxy vote; policy holders are 
free to inspect the open books and records; and the trustees appoint a committee by 
whom the company is examined twice a year. The death losses upon the books of 
this company for the past four years have averaged less than one per cent, of the 
mean amount of the insured, a mortality rate before unheard of in the history of life 
insurance, in a company of the age and size of the Northwestern — the fifteen other 
most prominent companies having for the past ten years averaged forty per cent, 
higher. » 

This is the result of its extreme caution in taking risks, and is further secured by 
the limiting of its territory to the Northern United States, where conditions are most 
favorable to longevity. 

CHEAPNESS.^With its premiums the same or .lower, the Northwestern is able to 
furnish exactly similar policies at from fifteen to forty per cent, cheaper than other 
companies. Life insurance has been reduced to a science, and every possible advan- 
tage in its calculations has been seized upon by this company; every form of policy 
contract has been adopted that could possibly be desired for protection or investment, 
all based upon the most accurate mathematical system. The strongest, the safest, 
the CHEAPEST, must be the best company. 

The branch of Western New York is under the able management of Mr. M. D. L. 
Hayes, who has so energetically and untiringly kept before the people the necessity 
of life insurance, and the superior advantages offered by the company which he rep- 
resents, that he has accomplished the double work of educating the public and build- 
ingup a very large and flourishing business in his department. He employs as special 



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and local agents in the principal cities throughout this region only men of strict 
integrity and influence. 

Mr. Hayes is a native of New Hampshire. After leaving school he traveled for sev- 
eral years, and then settled in New York city, from which place he came to Rochester 
in 1875. He has had nearly fifteen years' experience in the business of insurance, and 
brings to any work in which he engages the qualities which insiare success, and which 
inspire confidence in all who know him. 

He has centrally located and attractive rooms in the Elwood Building, Nos. 19 and 
20, fronting both East Main and State streets. 



WEAVER, PALMER & RICHMOND, 



M'holeisale and Retail IIard\«'are, Hou^^e Furnishing Ciioods, Cutlery. Agricul- 
tural Implements. Belting;, etc.— Kos. 31. 3.t and 35 East Main St. 




No better indication of the prosperity and progress of Rochester's commercial 
interests could be desired than is supplied by the career of the house named above, 
which, established in 1886, has already built up a trade that permeates all portions 
of New York, and is still growing rapidly in volume as well as territorially. Occupy- 
ing the spacious five-story building Nos. 31, 33 and 35 East Main street, they enjoy 
superior facilities for the storage and sale of all goods pertaining to the hardware 
and house-furnishing trade, of which they handle vast quantities in both the whole- 
sale and retail departments. Their stock of the goods noted is very large and covers 
the entire field, besides a beautiful line of foreign and American table and pocket 
cutlery, tools, etc. They also carry a large and complete stock of apple-paring and 
slicing machinery, including Goodell's Eureka, Tripp's Excelsior and Rice's paring 
machines, as well as the Pease slicers and choppers. In the agricultural implement 
department they present a very fine display of machinery and tools, their house being 
the Western New York branch of the Oliver Chilled Plow Works and general agency 
for the " Planet. Jr.," hand and horse cultivators and seed drills, and "Stoddard" 
creameries and barrel churns. This house is the sole Rochester agency for the W. 
T. K. spring-tooth harrow and the celebrated Fairbanks scales, of which latter they 
carry a large line always in stock, making their store a good depot of supplies for 
grocery houses, etc., to buy their outfit of scales, trucks, measures, oil pumps, scoops, 
etc. — all to be found there in great variety. Also can be found therp the Calhoun 
broadcast seed sowers, which are claimed to be the 
best article of the kind to be found on the market. 
They also carry a very large and complete line of 
builders' hardware, and this house will always be 
found at the bottom of the market as to prices. They 
also have the celebrated Lane's barn door hangers, 
the best made. 

The firm is composed of Messrs. S. J. Weaver, Griflf 
D. Palmer and Lee Richmond, all native New Yorkers, 
active, enterprising and thoroughgoing, whose sue- . 
cessful labors so far are but an evidence of what they ; 
will accomplish in the future. 




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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



HAGEN & MYERS, 



Steam liauiidry— Xortli Ave. 

Messrs. Hagen & 
Myers have, by strict 
attention to business 
and a determiued,long- 
contiuued persever- 
ence in doing the very 
best laundry work 
attempted anywhere, 
built up in the past 
fourteen years an im- 
mense patronage, em- 
bracing the city of 
Rochester and scores 
of neighboring cities, 
towns and villages. In 
1874, when they estab- 
lished their small, un- 
pretentious laundry 
here, there was nothing to indicate that they were planting the germ of the largest 
concern of that kind west of Troy, but the event has proved that they were doing that 
very thing. Excelling from the first in quality, they have steadily increased the 
quantity of their output, adding to their facilities and enlarging their premises from 
time to time, until, as proved by their books, they now employ one hundred men, 
women and girls, besides a costly outfit of improved machinery, and wash and iron an 
average of 4,000 shirts and 75,000 collars and cuffs per week. This exhibit includes 
only fine work for men. The plainer work of all kinds swells the account enormously, 
Superior work, prompt delivery, careful handling and moderate charges is the 
motto. 




WEAVER & GOSS HARDWARE CO. 



John \%^ Goss, President; T. B. Oliver, Vice-President : "W. C M^ait, Secretary 
and Treasurer— ^Vholesale Hardware— Xos. 53 and 55 Xortli St. Paul St. 

The above-named concern — the only exclusively wholesale hardware house in 
Rochester — was incorporated in January, 1886, to succeed the old established firm of 
Weaver & Goss,that for sixteen years previously had conducted a wholesale and retail 
trade in the same goods on Main street. The removal to Nos. 53 and 55 North St. Paul 
street was for the sole purpose of securing more convenient and commodious quarters 
for the transaction of a vastly increased business, the retail department being 
abandoned for the same reason. The building is a spacious and handsome brick 
structure of six stories and basement, 46 feet front by 112 feet deep, with basement, 
perfectly appointed and beautifully arranged within and without from roof to foun- 
dation, substantially constructed, and one of the most desirable locations in the 
city for this particular branch of business, broad stairways and swift elevators 
rendering one portion almost as easy of access as another. 

In the basement are placed the boiler and engine for elevator and heating service. 
Here also are stored heavy stocks of nails, iron, steel and heavy manufactured goods, 
etc. On the first floor are the office, sample and salesrooms, receiving and shipping 
departments. The second floor is set apart for shelf goods and the packing of orders, 
and the remaining floors to the storage and exhibition of general stocks that embrace 
everything in any way related to the hardware and house furnishing goods trade in 
the most comprehensive manner possible, for which there is immediate or prospective 
demand. In a word, this is one of the largest, best equipped, best stocked and most 
prosperous wholesale hardware houses in the State outside of Manhattan island, 
enjoying an immense popularity with the trade all over Central and Western New 
York. Twenty -eight clerks, salesmen, etc., are employed, and the house is a prominent 
one in the commercial world, energetic and enterprising. The firm are enrolled with 
the Chamber of Commerce, President Goss being one of the Board of Managers of 
said body. 



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ROCHESTER GLASS WORKS. 



Kugene P. Reed <& Co.— Mamifaoturers of Bottles* of Every I>esiTiption— 
Xo. 3«0 Pl.yinoiith Ave., on the B.. X. Y. dt P. Railroad. 

This is au industrial establish- 
meDt of which Eochester has just 
reason to feel proud, since it con- 
tributes largely to spread abroad 
her fame for good taste and me- 
chanical excellence. The works 
lave been in existence foranum- 
I ler of years, and from small begin- 
ningR have devel:^ped into large 
proportions, the premises now 
\ comprising about an acre of 
ground, covered with factory and 
storage buildings. Sixty persons 
are employed, and, the specialties 
pmbracing every variety of plain 
and colored bottles for beer and 
mineral water, together with an 
endless line of patent medicine 
^ - (jl/' bottles, the output is about sixty 
0.' gross daily. 

It is encouraging to learn that 
the past year has been a prosperous one for the Rochester glass works, and that the 
outlook is for a steadily increasing business in the future. 




SMITH, PERKINS & CO., 

1%'liolesale Clrocers— Exchangee St. 

There is something peculiarly attractive about a business house of great age — a 
house founded before the generation who are now its patrons and friends were born, 
and that from first to last has possessed the respect, confidence and favor of the same 
community, fathers, sons and grandsons. Such a house is that of Smith, Perkins &, 
Co., established in 1826 — sixty-two years ago — by the late Elijah F. Smith, afterward 
the first Mayor of Rochester elected by popular suffrage and sire of the present head 
of the firm, which is composed of Messrs. Charles F. Smith, Oilman H. Perkins and 
Harvey W. Brown. The style— Smith, Perkins & Co.— was adopted in 1853, and is 
as extensively and favorably known to the grocery trade of New York and adjacent 
States as that of any house in existence. 

Smith, Perkins & Co. occupy as salesrooms and offices the fine five-story stone- 
front building, 48x165 feet, on Exchange street, and also have two large warehouses in 
other parts of the city, their storage and working space aggregating in all over 50,000 
square feet of floors. Their stock, including everything in the line of staple and fancy 
groceries, shelf goods, grocers' sundries, teas, coffees, manufactured tobacco, cigars, 
etc., required by the trade, is always full, fresh, carefully selected and salable. It were 
tedious to particularize, but the retail dealer may at all times feel confident of find- 
ing here anything he wishes, in ample quantity and at prices as low as any legitimate 
interior wholesale grocery house can honestly quote. The firm are also manufactur- 
ers of " Standard " baking powder, justly celebrated for strength, purity and whole- 
someness, and agents for the renowned Jas. S. Kirk & Co. soaps. 

Mr. Gilman H. Perkins is president of the Union Bank of Rochester, an active 
promoter of the Western New York Institute for Deaf Mutes, a large real estate owner, 
and a trustee of the Rochester Savings Bank, as is Mr. Smith. Mr. Brown is a native 
of the county, has resided in Rochester since 1851, and is a wide awake, energetic 
member of the Chamber of Commerce and president of the Rochester Fire Department. 
All are honored and respected citizens and A 1 business men, as may be inferred 
from their sales, averaging more than §1,200,000 a year. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



J. W. MARTIN & BRO. 



Pianos and Organs— \%'estern Hfe^v York Agents for Chiekering and Steinway 

Pianos— Xo. 73 State St. 

Probably no other city in the world 
of equal population furnishes so good a 
market for music, musical instruments 
and musical goods generally as does 
Rochester. Not a little of the credit is 
due to the noted house of J. W. Martin 
& Bro., which for the past twenty-three 
years has catered acceptably to this 
trade and supplied thousands of families 
with the means of innocent and elevat- 
ing pleasure. 

This house, composed of Messrs. J. 
W. and Hosea Martin, owns the large 
and attractive four-story brick building 
No. 73 State street, and occupies the 
ground floor and basement, 21 feet wide 
by 135 feet deep, with a beautiful stock 
of choice instruments. As Western 
New York agents for Chickering & Sons 
and Steinway & Sons, they exhibit a 
magniliceut line of iJaeir unsurpassed piuuuctions, and will furnish the same to pur- 
chasers at manufacturers' prices. They also carry a varied assortment of pianos from 
other celebrated makers— Decker Bros., Stultz & Bauer, Hardman. Lindemann & 
Sons, Kurtzman and others, together with the famous Burdett, Story & Clarke, 
New England and other organs. Every instrument sold is fully covered by guarantee, 
and patrons may either rent, purchase on monthly installments or pay cash 
down, as may be most convenient. 




MISS M. MADDEN, 



Millinery and Art Km broidery— Xo. «© East Main St, 

The wide-spread fame of the Flower City as an art and fashion center is well 
deserved, wealth, culture and refinement finding here many attractions of which few 
inland cities can boast. One of the most fashionable resorts of Rochester ladies is 
the elegant millinery and art embroidery establishment of Miss M. Madden, No. 66 
East Main street. Here, in pleasant weather, may every day be found quite a gather- 
ing of society belles, their mothers, their cousins and their aunts — not a few from 
distant cities and villages— inspecting, admiring, criticising and selecting from the 
always fresh and comprehensive stock of latest novelties in hats, and bonnets, and 
flowers, and ribbons, and laces, and the endless lines of dainty and lovely things that 
the fairer half of creation most affect when resolved on conquest. But the display of 
millinery goods is not all. Probably no other establishment outside of the metropolis 
exhibits so large and varied or so beautiful acoUectionof rare work in art embroidery, 
all of which is designed and exhibited on the premises. To judge from the constant 
pressure to see and purchase, there can be no doubt of the popularity of this depart- 
ment and its resources on the part of those best qualified to decide upon the merits 
of the work in question. In this connection, it may be added, Miss Madden makes a 
speciality of designing and stamping, not only for execution in her own establishment, 
but for those who wish to do the needlework themselves. Every stitch of embroidery 
done on the premises is hand work of the most careful description. Taking these 
things into consideration, it is little wonder that the elite of Rochester female society 
flocks hither in ever-increasing numbers, nor that Miss Madden's star of favor is per- 
manently in the ascendant. She occupies three floors 25x50 feet, employs ten assist- 
ants, and does a fine business. 



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183 



THE HAMMOND TYPE-WRITER 




The usefulness of the type-writer was demonstrated long ago, and from a mere 
mechanical experiment, ingenious and interesting, it has advanced to the position of 
a prime necessity of every well-regulated business office, as indispensable and vastly 
more convenient than the pen and ink, which for most purposes it seems likely to 
supersede. The triumph of the type-writer being thus assured, there remains but 
one point for the prospective buyer to settle— which of the numerous styles on the 
market is best suited to my requirements ? This problem is greatly simplified if it is 
borne in mind that of all the multitude of so-called type-writers, only about three are 
worthy of consideration in connection with practical work, and of these three at least 
two are comparatively useless where'great speed, accuracy, neatness and evenness of 
alignment, and diversity of application (as in tabular matter, the filling of blanks, etc.), 
are required. "With no desire to disparage the claims of other machines, the writer 
of this is convinced upon investigation that in the grand essentials named the Ham- 
mond type-writer has not more than one competitor worthy of being named in the 
same breath. The Hammond is peculiar to itself, differs from all others in principles 
of construction and operation, and combines so many and important improvements 
and advantages that it is practically perfect, and such seems to have been the opinion 
of the judges who have passed upon its merits in competitive exhibitions for several years 
past, the following awards having been made: American Exhibition, London, 1887, 
highest award over all competitors, "the best type-writer for office work where speed 
is required:" New Orleans Cotton Centennial Exposition 1884, the only gold medal; 
American Institute, NewYork, 1884, '85, '86 and '87, the highest award ; Mechanics' Fair, 
Boston, Mass., 1887, the only gold medal. Mr. Charles M. Proctor is the general agent 
for this locality, with handsome offices in room 337 Powers' block. He is a native of 
Maine, has resided in this State for fifteen years, has a wide and valuable business 
acquaintance, is an active, energetic and capable man, and is very successful in intro- 
ducing and disposing of the Hammond type-writer, in the great merits of which he 
is a firm believer. Mr. P. also carries a superb stock of Underwood's type-writer 
supplies, ribbons, carbon papers, fine linen papers, drop cabinets and tables for type- 
writers, etc. An examination of the Hammond is solicited, and buyers are guaranteed 
satisfaction. 



184 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



HOP BITTERS MANUFACTURING CO. 



A. ,T. Soule, President Jaiirt Treasurer: M'ilson Soule, Secretary; Manufiac- 
tiirers of Hop Bitters-Sfos. 74, 7G and 78 31111 St. 

Hop Bitters, famous all over Christendom for their rare curative and tonic virtues, 
are distinguished from all other preparations offered under the name of bitters by the 
absence of alcohol in any deleterious quantity, simply using enough to preserve the 
compound. They are purely vegetable, compounded from extracts of hops, buchu, 
mandrake and dandelion, contain nothing that can by any possibility injure the most 
delicate system, purifying the blood and tissues, reinvigorating the functional action 
of the organs, and making a new man or woman of the drooping invalid. For con- 
stipation, general debility, dyspepsia, kidney or urinary complaint, liver complaint, 
nervousness, in short, all diseases of the stomach, blood, liver, nerves, kidneys and 
urinary organs, they are an unfailing specific, indorsed and recommended by thou- 
sands "of grateful beneficiaries, among them many well-known ministers, lawyers, 
editors and other prominent people. 

The Hop Bitters Company was incorporated in 1872, with a paid-up capital stock 
of $125,000, officers as named above; laboratory and office, Nos. 74, 76 and 78 Mill 
street, Rochester. The building of the company is a handsome three-story brick, 
40x44 feet, with basement, fitted up with a valuaole equipment of chemical and other 
apparatus and appliances, and gives employment to a large number of persons. 
Branch houses, each provided with separate laboratories, are established at Toronto, 
Out.; London, England; Antwerp, Belgium, and Melbourne, Victoria, and all are iu 
a prosperous condition. 



H. J. HOWE & CO., 



Manufacturers of V. S. Standard Scales of Every Uescriptlon— Office and 
M'^orks, Xo, »4 Andrews St. 

Nothing that we could write would add to or detract from the reputation and 
merits of the renowned Howe standard scale, and we merely mention the company 
here because it is out of the question to write a connected account of Rochester's in- 
dustries without doing so. 

The works were originally established in 1862 by E. A. Forsyth & Co. (Mr. H. J. 
Howe being the " Co."), at No. 15 Water street. There were several changes in the 
firm previous to 1868, when the present style was adopted, the members being H. J. 
Howe, John Nagel and Christopher Sandrock. The works, salesroom and office are 
at No. 94 Andrews street, occupying the ground floor and basement, 30x50 feet. 
Everything desirable in the way of machinery is provided in abundance and operated 
by water power, and a force of eighteen highly trained artisans are constantly en- 
gaged in the various operations incident to the construction of these delicate and 
accurate indicators of weight, ranging from the tiniest counter scale to the largest 
railroad track scale, and from a quarter ounce to fifty tons capacity. All are adjusted 
to the U. S. standard, are carefully and skillfully made on approved principles and of 
the best possible materials, and are absolutely correct and reliable, ranking with the 
best made. 

Mr. Howe was born in this State and has lived in Rochester for many years. 
Messrs. Nagle and Sandrock are of German birth. 



C. L. YATES, 



Nurseryman and Dealer iu Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Vines, 
Roses, etc.— Office, Room 57. Osburn House Block. 

One of the prominent nurserymen of Rochester is Mr. C. L. Yates, who came hither 
from Canada some years ago. He is propiretor of the famous old Stone nursery, es- 
tablished in 1876, Mr. Yates becoming the purchaser in 1884. Mr. Yates will send his 
catalogue on request to any address. It may be stated here that he makes leading 
specialties of roses, shrubbery and grape vines, and that he employs fifty men and 
occupies a spacious and elegant office in the Osburn House block. 



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185 



THE E. B. PARSONS MALTING CO. 



E. B. Parsons, Presulent ami Treasum*: ;>laltst«' 



X<». «5 Warehouse St. 




The malting of barley for brewing purposes is recognized as a prominent industry 
in this country, doubtless created by the immense German immigration that has come 
to our shores during the past fifty years, and, to a great extent, revolutionized the 
bibulous tastes of our people by the introduction of a less fiery beverage than that 
which generally obtained among the ancestors of the present generation. The city 
of Eochester is exceptionally favorable in its location for the prosecution of the malt- 
ing business for many reasons, the principal one being the equability of the climate, 
which permits of a season some weeks longer in duration than that of any other 
Northern city, and her contiguity to the famous barley-growing regions of Western 
New York and Canada — regions that produce heavier crops and finer grades of this 
grain than can be found elsewhere in America. The accessibility of Rochester to 
railroads and waterways also enables the maltster to supply his product readily and 
economically, thus making it impracticable for competitors in other cities to success- 
fully rival him. 

One of the largest enterprises of this kind in New York is that known as the E. B. 
Parsons Malting Company, of which Mr. E. B. Parsons is president and treasurer, and 
John Kiley secretary, and whose headquarters are at No. 65 Warehouse street. The busi- 
ness, of which this company is the successor, was established in 1871 by Mr. Parsons, 
and the present company was incorporated in 1882, with a paid-up capital of $200,000. 

The Parsons Malting Company own and operate two malting-houses; one at this 
city, to which specific allusion has been made, and which has a capacity of 275,000 
bushels, with a storage capacity of 200,000 bushels, and another at Sodus Point, 
Wayne county. New York, on Lake Ontario, with a capacity of 500,000 bushels and a 
storage capacity of 400,000 bushels, making the total capacity of this mammoth enter- 
prise 575,000 bushels, and with an aggregate storage capacity of 490,000 bushels. Only 
Canadian barley is used by this house, as it has long been claimed by experts in the 
brewing business that that kind of barley makes the most preferable malt for usage 
in their business. In addition to this natural qualification, the Parsons Company's 
malt-houses are specially and accurately constructed for the manufacture of their 
product, being high, dry and thoroughly well ventilated, fresh and pure air being an 
absolute necessity for the production of good malt. The buildings, as may be readily 
inferred, also contain all the latest and best improvements for the maniifacture of the 
finest malt made in the country. The Rochester malt-house was re-modeled and re- 
built in 1871; that at Sodus Point was erected in 1882. 

The large output of these houses commands a ready sale in this city and the East- 
ern markets; the reputation of the malt, however, is rapidly extending the area over 
which it is sold. 

Mr. Parsons, the founder, promoter and present head of this large enterprise, i.« a 
prominent business man of Rochester, and the high reputation he has always deserv- 
edly enjoyed has not been the smallest factor in the present excellent standing, 
irreproachable prestige and large business of the Parsons Malting Company. 



186 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



SARGENT & GREENLEAF, 



Patentees anil Manufaeturers of Time lioeks. Combination Burglar Loolis, 
Fire- Proof Safe liOekn. ete.— Corner Court and Stone Sts. 





Of all the safeguards devised by human ingenuity for the protection from thieves 
of treasures and valuables, the time look, supplemented by suitable attachments on 
an impregnable vault or safe, is unquestionably the greatest achievement in locking 
devices to date. With duplex yet independent time movements of great power, 
placed beyond the reach of violence, it is a sentinel that never sleeps or deserts its 
post, and is impregnable alike to friend or foe until the appointed hour for the sur- 
render of its trust. The automatic and magnetic locks (burglar-proof) have long been 
regarded as the standard of excellence in combination locks, and have held the un- 
qualified approval and constant patronage of the United States Treasury Department 
for a term of nearly twenty years. 

Of these classes of locks there are various kinds, difPering in style, principle of 
operation and excellence, but on the whole it is safe to say that those manufactured 
in this city by Messrs. Sargent & Greenleaf are unrivaled, as is abundantly proven by 
their general adoption by banks, safe deposit companies and similar institutions, on 
the best burglar-proof securities known in this and other countries. 

Messrs. James Sargent and Halbert S. Greenleaf, the patentees of the locks re- 
ferred to, are natives of Vermont. They went to Massachusetts while quite young, 
and removed thence to Rochester more than twenty years ago. Combining inventive 
talent, industry and business ability, this firm set itself to the task of making im- 
provements in locks of all kinds, and, later, more especially to the solution of the 
time lock problem, in which direction they have achieved great success and a leadiug 
position in this branch of industry. In addition to the advanced class of work 
already referred to, they are also manufacturers on a large scale of improved combi 
nation fire-proof safe locks, padlocks, drawer, desk, trunk, house, store-door and a 
variety of other locks, night latches, etc., numbering 100 or more different styles — 
all key locks fitted with small flat keys. 

The Sargent & Greenleaf lock works, established in 1867, occupy a substantial 
four-story brick building, with basement, at the intersection of Court and Stone 
streets, iitted up throughout with ingenious special machinery operated by steam. 
An ample force of skilled workmen is kept busily engaged at all seasons, and the firm, 
being unable to keep even with its orders at present, is now adding an extensive wing 
to its main building, to meet a steadily increasing demand in this country, Canada 
and Europe. 

The members of the firm combine sterling personal and business qualities with 
public spirit, and are identified with the Chamber of Commerce and other associations 
of public trust and importance. 



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187 



A. V. SMITH & CO. (Limited). 



V. i^niitli. President : II. 
—Manufacturers of anil 



I>. ^Vilkins, Seeretarj : .J. F. Mendell, Treasurer 
l>ealers in Fine Harness and Saddlery — STo. 57 




This justly celebrated house was inaugu- 
rated by the present president of the com- 
pany, Mr. A. V. Smith, in 1861, at No. 29 
State street, the establishment then giving 
but little promise of its present importance, 
except such promise as always obtains with 
every man whose business dealings comprise 
honesty, perseverance and industry. These 
Mr. Smith had, and these characteristics 
have always had special prominence in the 
house from that day to this. 

The excellent workmanship bestowed up- 
'.n his goods and the fair dealing of the 
liouse made its steady growth a matter of 
course. About 1870 the house removed to 
No. 69 State street, and in 1878 it was deemed 
advisable to move to the quarters at present 
occupied at No. 57 State street. This is a 
substantial four-story brick building, 25x135 
feet, where some 11,000 feet of floor, space 
is used for the purposes of the business, 
and where a magnificent stock of har- 
ness, saddles, trappings, robes, blankets, 
specialties of all kinds, in fact everything partainiug to the harness or saddlery busi- 
ness, is kept on hand. Tliese are manufactured on the premises under the personal 
supervision of the company, and only the best possible workmanship is allowed to 
leave the place. This firm is second to none in the world in the manufaccure of fine 
road and pleasure harness. The house has sold ex-Governor Stanford, of California 
six sets of harness within two years, the A. V. Smith Company receiving orders from 
all over the country, and, in fact, from all over the world, having a very large New 
York, Boston and Philadelphia trade, as well as in the large cities throughout the 
land. Thirty-five capable and experienced operatives are employed, and the compre- 
hensive trade of the house reaches over a large area, as has been stated. 

In 1884 it was deemed advisable to make an incorporated company, and the A. V. 
Smith Company (limited) was accordingly chartered with a paid-up capital of S25,000, 
which has maintained the prestige of the hoiise and enlarged its operations. 

Mr. A. V. Smith, the founder of the house and its present president, was born at 
Parma in this county and near this city. He served his apprenticeship in this city, and 
has worked at his trade in several large cities in the Eastern States, and thus is a 
practical workman as well as an excellent man of business, and has built up a splen- 
did trade by his thrift and sagacity, and during his commercial and mauufacturing 
career here of over a quarter of a centiiry has manifested the fact that he is as public- 
spirited and valuable an individual citizen as he is a business man. He is also a mem- 
ber of the new Chamber of Commerce of this city. 



J. STERN & CO. 



Manufacturers of Pants. Overalls, Shirts, etc.— Wholesale I>ealers in Men's 
Furnishing; Cwoods— Kos. 1^3, 1S5 and 137 3t»rth St. Paul St. 

The premises occupied by this firm comprise the three splendid stores Nos. 123, 
125 and 127 North St. Paul street, among the most desirable in Kochester, beautifully 
fitted up and provided with immense plate glass fronts that light up the whole in- 
terior. Two hundred and fifty people are steadily employed, and the house places 
upon the market vast quantities of ready-made goods, the principal specialties com- 
prising choice Hues of pants, overalls and shirts and men's furnishing goods, offering 
inducements to the trade, both in commodities and prices. 

The firm is represented on the floor of the Chamber of Commerce. 



188 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



SIMMONS GRANITE AND MARBLE CO., 



Successors to the D. li. Simmons (Deceased) Slarble Works— First-Class 
Ciraiiite ami Marble Monuments, Mantels, Crates, Hearths, etc.— *:ncaustic 
and Marble Floor Tiling— Statuary a Specialty— Kos. 5 and 7 Sophia St.. 
One I>oor Xorth of West Main. 




These works, already famous and largely patronized, were established;iu ]886:by 
Mr. D. L.Simmons, who from 1855 to the year first mentioned conducted an extensive 
similar concern at Utica. Mr. Simmons was first a member of the firm of Kichard 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



189 



Lee (Sr.) & Co.. and there remained until 18-59, when he was a member of the firm 
of^the Lewis Marble Company, then opened a new enterprise under the firm name 
ofiSimmons & Rea in 1864, and in 1865 sold out that interest and opened the firm of 
Simmons & Day, which was continued until 1871, and then he left Utica and went to 

Clyde, where he established the 
house of D. L. Simmons, which 
was maintained under that 
name until his death. During 
these years he made his reputa- 
tion for excellent artistic taste 
and superior practical work- 
manship. He died in Septem- 
ber, 1887, and soon afterward 
the present house — the Sim- 
mons Granite aud Marble Com- 
pany — was organized by his 
sons, G. S., D. L., jr., and A. J. 
Simmons, natives of Utica, 
brougrht up to the business 
under the elder Mr. Simmons' 
personal training, and enterpris- 
ing, industrious, capable and 
popular young men. The works 
occupy the premises No. 5 
Sophia street, and are complete 
in all respects, provided with 
every necessary convenience and 
appliance, and employing a good 
force of competent workmen. 

The specialties of the company 
include a complete line of fine 
marble and granite work, at the 
head of which stands the con- 
struction of first-class monu- 
mental work from original and 
1 1 . y, . , V^ artistic designs, statuary, marble 

\y\^Ay\y\A..y\^T''\.'^^ and slate mantels, marble and 
' encaustic fioor tiling, grates, 
hearths, etc. Their field of opera 
tions includes the entire State, and some of the most attractive and tasteful statuary, 
marble, granite and tile work in Western aud Northern New York is of their execu- 
tion. They are doing an excellent business, and, giving prompt personal attention 
to all orders, have good reason to anticipate a steady increase from year to year. 




WILLIAM H. REID, 



Seedsman, Importer and Consi^ioi* of Seeds— Xo. 75 State St.. ^Visner Block. 

Mr. William H. Reid is an influential factor in the vast industry that has given 
Rochester the sobriquet of the Flower City, he being a dealer in flower seeds exclu- 
sively, employing seventy-five persons, having one hundred thousand customers who 
are scattered all over the Uuited States, the seeds supplied by him being, in all 
reasonable probability, planted by a million different persons annually. Mr. Reid 
occupies the entire third floor and one-half of the fourth floor of the Wisner block, 
40x120 feet, at No. 75 State street, whence he does a very large business that is con- 
stantly being augmented as the reliability of the seeds handled by him becomes known 
throughout the continent. Only the best quality of tested seeds are allowed to reach 
his customers, and the vast trade done by him, the duration of the business and well- 
known integrity of the gentleman himself and his unimpeachable reputation, are 
potent advocates of the absolute reliability of his goods. 

Mr. Reid is a native of Connecticut who has resided in this city for twenty years, 
and during that time has achieved an enviable record as a business man and a private 
citizen. He established his present business in 1872. 



190 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



GEORGE A. HALL. 



Planing and Re^awing Mill— Xo. 3«<» Plymouth Ave. 

Mr. George A. Hall's fine brick planing mill at No. 366 Plymouth avenue is a recog- 
nized institution, as well-known and liberally patronized by the builders, joiners 
and lumber consumers of Rochester as any similar establishment. It is, as it now 
stands, almost entirely new, erected in 1886, fitted up in modern style with the latest 
improved wood-working machinery, run by a forty-horse-power steam engine, and is 
in all respects a model establishment, employing nine men — mecuanics and laborers — 
and doing much of the most intricate and accurate work turned out in this vicinity. 
The Neatest care is taken in the execution of all orders for the trade, with the result 
of rendering uniform satisfaction. Mr. Hall is a practical planing mill man of long 
experience, and those who favor him with their patronage may be assured of faithful 
ana skillful service. 

This mill is the legitimate successor of the one established and operated by Amon 
Bronson on Exchange street many years ago. The father of Mr. George A. Hall be- 
came the owner in 1875, and two years later sold to hie son. In 1885 the latter 
erected a frame mill on the present site, which was destroyed by fire in June, 1886, 
whereupon the present substantial and complete new mill was built. 

Mr. Hall was born in this State, has resided in Rochester for a long period, and is 
generally known and much esteemed. 



SCHMIDT & KALBFLEISCH, 



Electrical Contractors. Practical Optician«i, and Dealers in Optical. Mathe- 
matical, Meteorological, Electric and Telegraphic Woods— !<iro. 51 East Main 
St.. Opposite Front. 

Messrs. Rudolph Schmidt and J. C. Kalbfleisch are among the most noted of West- 
ern New York electricians and opticians. They have been established in this city 
since 1882, and have demonstrated their thorough acquaintance with electrical and 
optical science, as well as their business capacity. 

In their electrical department the firm carry a choice line of all improved electric 
light, electric bell, telegraphic and telephonic appliances, and make a specialty of fit- 
ting up banks, factories, hotels, stores, warehouses and residences with the celebrated 
watchman's time detector, burglar alarms, annunciators, electric gas-hghtingapparatus, 
etc., in the latest styles and best manner. They also repair and renew, or fit up as re- 
quired, every description of electric apparatus connected with the telephone, the tele- 
graph, and kindred conveniences, together with batteries for the use of electro-medical 
practitioners. 

Their optical department is extensive and complete, displaying a superb assort- 
ment of high-grade spectacles, eye glasses, telescopes, opera and field glasses, micro- 
scopes, thermometers, barometers, hydrometers — in short, everything of a scientific 
character usually carried in an optical goods emporium. 



W. FOSTER KELLY, 



Architect— Room 1 * Sfe^v Osburn House Hlock. 

One of Rochester's leading and. most successful architects is Mr. W. Foster Kelly, 
a native of Ireland, who has resided here for some five or six years past. Mr. K. is 
an earnest student of his chosen science, a talented architect and an accomplished 
gentleman, and has been wonderfnlly successful in embellishing the city of his adop- 
tion, some of the handsomest buildings here and m the vicinity being the products of 
his genius, among them the splendid Fee building on Franklin street, the Punch 
block on Central avenue, the new Home of Industry under construction on East 
Main street, and the beautiful new summer convent at Charlotte. He has also de- 
signed many other of the new architectural ornaments of Western New York, and 
may safely be regarded as a rising light of his useful and difficult profession. 

Mr. Kelly established himself in his present office, room 14 Osburn House block, 
last year, and is always at home to callers on business. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 191 

THE GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA CO., 



Importers. Coftee Roasters and ^Vholesale Dealers in Teas. Coffees and ><»near» 
— Headquarters. Xos. 3> and 37 Vesey St.. SI.Y. ; Roeliester Branelies. IVos. 
*^10 East :tlain St., 164 State St.. and 74 n^est nain St. 

No similar concern in the world transacts as large a business or is so widely famed 
and reputable as the great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, of Nos. 35 and 37 Vesey 
street, New York. This company's imports of choice coffees and teas alone largely 
exceed those of any other operators in the American market, and when it is stated 
that it is their custom to purchase the entire crop of large coffee-growing districts and 
the whole stock of certain popular teas from first hands and for their own trade, it will 
be readily seen that they must have at hand vast capital and unequaled facilities for 
the transportation and storage of goods. Their buyers haunt the great coffee markets 
of the world, the tea ports of China, and whatever is best is bought for spot cash for 
their American customers, who number many millions. The company also keeps a 
sharp eye on the sugar market, and is always ready with the money to avail itself of 
any marked decline in that commodity, their patrons, as in the case of coffees and 
teas, sharing the benefit in the form of lowest ruling prices. 

More than two hundred branch stores are maintained in the cities and towns of 
the Union, East, West, North and South, and the sales in the aggregate are enormous, 
a pretty large army of men being employed in the various capacities of branch mana- 
gers, book-keepers, salesmen, etc. 

Here in Rochester Mr. Wm. Foley is general manager, in charge of three elegant 
and commodious stores, of 5,040 square feet combined floorage. These are located at 
Nos. 210 East Main street, 74 West Main street and 164 State street, convenient to th» 
various residence and business quarters of the city. Considerable sales are made to 
country dealers and consumers in addition to city deliveries, and a total of thirty men 
are required to perform the work here. Mr. Foley, a native of Ireland, has been in 
the service of this company for sixteen years, four of which have been spent in Eoch- 
ester, and, having cultivated a naturally pleasing demeanor and the good-will of the 
public, he is immensely popular. 

The goods sold are so well known for superior quality and moderate prices that it 
is superfluous to enlarge upon them further than to slate that they comprise full lines 
of the best teas, coffees, sugars and baking powders — the latter the celebrated "A. <fe 
P." — that unlimited resources and unswerving integrity can put upon the market. 



D. DEAVENPORT & CO. 



liiberty Pole Commission House— Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Beans. Foreign and 
I>oniestie Fruits— Corner Fast Main and Franklin Sts. 

The " Liberty Pole" is among the oldest as it is the most famous and extensive of 
Rochester's commission produce houses. It was established in 1865 by Mr. D. 
Deavenport, who came hither for that purpose from Watertown, where for six years 
previously he had conducted a similar concern on a smaller scale. Here he found 
ample room for the play of his business talents, and has extended his operations year 
by year, until during 1887 he handled fifty cars of eggs alone — 12,000 dozen per car — to- 
gether with butter, cheese, beans, etc., in proportionate quantities. 

Mr. O. J. Tassell, the junior member, was admitted January ]st, 1888. He is a 
well-known and successful country merchant of Wayne county, thoroughly acquainted 
with the business, and a fitting associate of Mr. Deavenport. 

The premises occupied are eligibly located opposite the Liberty pole on East Main 
street, and comprise a fine three-story brick building, 40x90 feet, to which is attached 
a commodious cold-storage warehouee. The firm also have under construction another 
great warehouse on North avenue — a four-story edifice with all modern improvements, 
which, when completed, will be the largest and best of the kind in the State. 

The firm make a specialty of shipping car-load lots of all commodities in which 
they deal, and, provided with unlimited facilities, are prepared to fill large orders 
promptly and in superior shape. 



192 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



ROCHESTER STEEL MAT CO. 



"W. K. Chapiii. Prewideiit: \V. C Spelnian, Vice-President ; Charlfs T. dia|»iii. 
Treasurer— lilaiiiil'aetui-ers of Stripped Steel Mats of all Sizes— Ofliee, Xo. 37 
El^vootl Buildiiitl'. 

The stripped steel mat herewith illustrated re- 

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!SsssraDSQjir>-:ir3i^ia^T3=^—iai principle upon which it is constructed, Combiniug 

all of the advantages with none of the disadvan- 
tages of other devices intended for the same pur- 
pose. The points upon which most stress is laid are 
thus summed up: 

1. Self Cleaning. They do not accumulate de- 
posits, nor require to be shaken. 

2. D^wability. They will not break down and 
flatten out, as with wire, rubber or other mats, but 
they will outwear all others combined in the 
market, being of steel ribs placed perpendicularly 



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aa^^iH^i-aD zzt -j — < :-* i — < ^i r^. - 

X^SBSSEaEjEamraEigiigaeagiEi^y to each other and so secured as to permit of a slight 

elasticity. This form in metal has never before 
been used, and its perfection for the purpose is obvious to all without prolix explana- 
tion. 

3. Safety to Life and Clothing. There is no danger of flaring wire points or a 
broken surface causing tbe pedestrian to stumble, the shoes to be mutilated or the 
skirts or trousers caught and torn. Serious accidents have heretofore happened from 
objectionable mats. 

, 4. As Scrapers. In this respect these mats are simply perfect. In whatever direc- 
tion the foot is moved, the mud, clay, snow, etc., or other accumulations are instantly 
removed and deposited out of sight. 

5. Attractiveness. These mats wherever placed are an ornament, a quality found 
in no competing mat. Their stru(!ture is firm, solid, mathematically regular and 
agreeable in form and outline. 

6. Cheapness. With all of these conspicuous advantages their cost does not ex- 
ceed that of any metal mat offered for sale. 

The Stripped Steel Mat is reversible ; it is the simplest in all respects known ; it 
cannot wear out in a life time. It is the triumph in invention for this important 
household pturpose. 

An important consideration is that the foot of the pedestrian can not slip, as 
with rubber or any metal mat now in use, as the scraping surface presents resistance 
in all directions. 

It is indispensable for hotels, elevators, banks, public buildings, schools, street 
cars, omnibuses, churches, restaurants and residences, besidesmany other structures 
that will occur to all. 

The Rochester Steel Mat Company was incorporated on the first of February 
last, with a cash capital of $50,000 and handsome office m room 37 El wood building, 
where E. H. Ohapin looks after the retail interests of the corporation. Vice-Presi- 
dent W. C. Spelman, patentee of the mat, resides in New York, where he has charge 
of a branch office. They also have offices in Boston and Philadelphia, it being in con- 
templation to establish an additional branch also in Chicago. There is already a rush- 
ing demand for these goods, and the outlook is very favorable indeed. 

Messrs. W. K., C. T. and E. H. Cbapin are brothers-sons of Charles H. Chapin, 
deceased, a former prominent manufacturer and bank president. Charles T. Chapin 
is general manager of the Rochester car-wheel works, and is actively connected 
with the Chamber of Commerce, besides being identified with every movement look- 
ing to the city's material advancement. 



KNOWLTON Sl CHAPIN, 



Dealers in Fine liubricatina: and Illuniinating; Oils and <i;reases— Olliee. Room 

37 Kl^vood Bnildins:. 

The oil trade is a very important one, in which every manufacturing and coni- 
mercial community is more or less interested. Vast quantities of these commodities 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 193 

are handled in this market, and the industry is in a ttourishiug condition. An import- 
ant new accession to the oil trade is the firm of Knowlton & Chapin, who occupy 
offices with the Rochester Steel Mat Compauy, room 37 Elwood building, with com- 
modious warehouse in rear of No. 41 State street, where they carry a heavy stock of 
choice goods in their line, including all of the higher grades of lubricants and illumi- 
nants, making specialties of cylinder and engine oils, coacholine and axle grease. 

Messrs. H. C Knowlton and E. H. Chapin are energetic and enterprising young 
men, natives of Rochester, and start with excellent prospects under exceptionally 
favorable auspices. Mr. Chapin is a brother of the president and treasurer of the 
Rochester Steel Mat Company. 



D. BANTLEON, 



^loulilings. !<$a<iili. Doors anil Blinds, Job Turning and Hawing— Corner Xortli 

Water and River Sts, 

No house in Rochester is better known, and few enjoy better trade than this lep- 
resentative house in its line. The business was established as early as 1866, \vhen the 
city offered infinitely less scope for the display of enterprise of labor, but the firm 
made the most of the limited field, and with its enlargements the concern iinderwent 
corresponding developments, until it finally attnined its present large dimensions 
and extensive trade. In and about the city the productions of D. Bantleon are held 
in high estimation and continual request, and deservedly so, for nothing approaching 
in the least degree to slip-shod work escapes the vigilant eye and severe censure of 
the management. The complete appointment of the factory, with its wood-working 
machinery of the highest class, facilitates the maintenance of this high standard. 
The extent of the firm's operations may be inferred from the fact that at least 300,000 
feet of lumber is sawed and used by them every year, and the rapid growth of the 
demand for their goods suggests the surmise that these figures will fall far short of 
next year's consumption. Such was the press of business during the expiring season 
that the factory with its large force of hands was at its full capacity all the time in 
order to fill the large orders. The firm's energies are chiefly directed to the man- 
ufacture of sash, doors, blinds and mouldings, of which a large and varied assort- 
ment is constantly on hand, but is supplemented by a considerable business in job 
turning and sawing. Balusters, newels and rails are also turned out in large quanti- 
ties, and a large number of these is always in stock. D. Bantleon is one of the pioneer 
houses of Rochester, and has been identified with every step of its growth, and 
actively interested in the public welfare. 



KEELER & JENNINGS, 



llanufaeturers of Fashionable Carriages and Sleighs— Xos. 5S.> and 5J7 Xorth 
Washington St.; Chieago Branch. Xos. 370 and 37!$ Wabash Ave. 

Rochester's leading carriage establishment is that of Keeler & Jennings, Nos. 2.5 
and 27 North Washington street. Mr. D. J. Keeler, the present senior member, 
founded this enterprise many years ago, conducting it alone and with Mr. William G. 
Nichols under the firm name of Keeler & Nichols, until 1885. when Mr. E. H. Jennings 
was admitted, buying out Mr. Nichols, and the style changed to Keeler & Jennings. 
On January 1, 1888, Mr. E. R. Jennings became a member of the firm. Hitherto the 
house has occupied a single four-story biiiiding 66x150 feet, employing sixty workmen, 
but early in January of the present year they secured and occupied additional prem- 
ises which will enable them to nearly double their working force and increase their 
productive capacity in the same ratio, the floor space now at their command aggregat- 
ing 30,000 square feet. The facilities of the firm are unsurpassed for turning out the 
best and finest work — which, by the way, is the only kind they make. Extraordinary 
care is exercised in the selection of all materials used, and the purchaser of a Keeler 
& Jennings vehicle has the satisfaction of knowing that everything about it is hand- 
made and of the highest degree of excellence. 

The leading specialties of this conspicuous firm includes the latest styles in fash- 
ionable broughams, landaus, "T" carts, drags, hearses, and light carriages of high 
class. They are also manufacturers of fine sleighs to order. 



194 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



B. FEIOCK & CO., 




Importers of Mines, Liiqiiors and Table Delioaoies— Xo. 135.,East Main St., 

Xear St. Paul St 

Since the founda- 
tion of the world the 
human appetite has 
always been a motor 
in a vast number of 
trades, and the inher- 
ent taste for delicacies 
in Eve, to gratify 
which she purloined 
the historic apple, has 
suffered no diminu- 
tion in the progress of 
years. Every student 
of history can recall 
the feasts of the aLcients and the moderns, and a visit to the extensive and well- 
stocked store of Messrs. B. Feiock & Co. will remind him of the ingredients of one of 
the celebrated repasts of LucuUus or Apicius On every hand are the choicest deli- 
cacies from Europe, whose preparation necessitates, years of experience and peculiar 
local productions. Olives, from the most celebrated firms in Spain; sardines a 
I'hnile, from France; caviare, from Russia; cheeees, from England, Germany, France, 
Sweden and Norway; pates de foie gras, from Strasburg; all sorts, kinds and de- 
scriptions of delicious articles, particularly pickled meats in barrels, mustards, sauces 
in bulk, and canned goods that will tempt a sated appetite or astound an uncultivated 
one with gastronomic wonder. In addition to edibles Messrs. B. Feiock & Co. are ex- 
tensive importers of the choicest wines, liqueurs, foreign cordials, brandies, etc., in which 
they do a very heavy and select trade, and also carry a complete line of all choice 
brands of imported mineral waters. Messrs. Feiock & Co. also have a complete stock 
of imported and Key West cigars. It will thus be readily seen that if any delicacy, 
either to eat or diiuk. is desired, of the best manufacture and reliable importation, it 
can be supplied by this well-known house, which does an excellent and very large 
business, principally in New York State. 

This house was founded in 1879 by Schnarr Brothers & Feiock, the house also 
operating a mineral water bottling establishment at No. 114 Clinton street, which 
was discontinued when Mr. B. Feiock succeeded to the business, the firm changing 
in March, 1884, to the name of Schnarr & Feioch, and to B. Feiock & Co. in March, 
1886, Mr. Bernard Feiock becoming, at that time, the sole proprietor. 

The premises occupied, at No. 135 East Main street, comprise a foiar-story brick 
store, 20x90 feet, and having some 8,000 feet of floor space devoted to the business. 

Mr. Feiock is a Rochester man. young and enterprising, and one whose personal 
popularity, combined with his excellent business tact, judgment and method, has 
made bis business so successful and so continuously advancing in prosperity. 



OTTO BLOCK, 



; : fiSn f Arcliitect— M'ilcler Building, t^orner Main and State Sts. 

'"* The architectural profession is well represented in this city by many skillful 
gentlemen, among whom Mr. Otto Block holds a prominent place. The firm of which 
he was formerly a member was that of Putnam c% Block, established in 1880. Mr. 
Block withdrew from the firm in 1887, and has since continued alone. He is a native 
of Rochester, and has always devoted his time, energy and talents to this profession, 
in which he has achieved a marked success. One of the monuments of his skill, 
illustrated elsewhere in this volume, is the magnificent edifice of the Bausch & Lomb 
Optical Company at No. 531 North St. Paul street, the largest building of the kind 
in the world. Mr. Block has an extensive circle of clients extending throughout 
Western New York and the Western States. He occupies a handsome suite of offices 
on the seventh floor of the Wilder building. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



195 



HENRY L. HART, 



Manufaotiirer of Priiiterw' KoUers ami Itollei* l'oiii]»ONitioii- Agent for the 
JBagley A Sewall lo."s Xew Cylinder Press an«l the Old Style Gordon Press— 
l>ealer in lJ»eeon<l-Haiid Printing Maehinery, Koilers, Kngines, etc.— !^o, 
107 \orth ^Vater St. 




It ie not neceesary to give a detailed history of the evohition of the new roller 
composition, and we shall speak only of results as attained by Mr. Hart, whose ma- 
terial, which is of two grades— the " Boss" and the" Superior"— is not what is 
termed a glue and molasses composition. It has been severely tested in some of the 
best printing establishments of the country, and gives the best of satisfaction. It has 
good suction, melts and pours easily, and does not crack. The lasting qualities are 
excellent, which is shown by rollers made of the " Boss" composition that have been 
run over a year, and are still doing good work. ♦ The price of this splendid composi- 
tion is thirty cents per pound. The "Superior" is a re-casting composition. It re- 
tains an excellent suction, will not crack, dry up or shrink, and is adapted for job 
work where colored inks are used, and in a dry climate. Owners of Hoe rotary 
presses will be interested in learning that Mr. Hart's new vibrating distributor is a 
demonstrated success. This distributor is made of composition encased in felt, thus 
securing elasticity and a durability of from one to two years. Old distributors are 
felted to order. Rollers of every description and size cast on short notice. Moulds 
of all sizes, from those for amateur presses up to web presses, kept on hand. Stocks 
and roller frames furnished to order. Brayers and proof-rollers always in stock. In 
Apiil, 1888, Mr. Hart removed from his old stand. No. 77 North Water street, to his 
present commodious establishment. No. 107 on the same thoroughfare, where he has 
increased facilities for the carrying on of his business. 



GENESEE PLATING WORKS. 



J. C Baumer, Proprietor— Silver. Xie.kel. Copper and Brass Plating— Statues 
and Plaaues Eleetro-Bronzed in Bra!>;s or Copper— Xo. 65 Xorth Water St. 

The art of electro-plating and electro-bronzing is one of the most beautilul and 
useful discovered and developed in modern times, and has reached a point of perfec- 
tion of which those who first experimented with it little dreamed. It may be applied 
now to every description of metal objects and other solid substances, and it is even 
claimed may be utilized to preserve in fac simile the forms and features of the dead 
as enduringly and at a vastly smaller expense than a statue or good oil-painting could 
be prepared. 

One of the most skillful and progressive electro-platers with whom we have ever 
had personal knowledge is Mr. J. C. Baumer, proprietor of the Genesee Plating 
Works, No. 65 North Water street, Rochester. Mr. Baumer is an experienced and 
successful electro-plater and inventor, who for years devoted his entire time and labor 
to perfecting processes, and to whom is due the credit attaching to the present per- 
fection of the art of nickel-plating especially, his experiments having resulted in the 
discovery of the solution now universally employed for depositing that metal in the 
pure state. Mr. Baumer's establishment is a very complete one, occupying the entire 
ground floor— 3,000 square feet— at No. 65 Nortli Water street, and is fitted up in a 
manner worthy of the man and his aims, with electro-plating apparatus, baths, polish- 
ing lathes, belt machine, and every conceivable appliance of practical use in the art. 
He gives personal supervision to ail orders for gold, silver, nickel, copper and brass- 
plating and electro-bronzing, and his patrons may at all times depend upon superior 
work. Mr. Baumer was born in Rochester, has always resided here, and is an ingenious 
and successful investigator. He started his present industry on a small scale and 
has brought it to its present condition of prosperity by his own efforts. He employs 
five assistants and has a growing patronage at home and abroad. 



\\H\ Tin: IMH'STlilHS OF ROCHESTER. 

MRS. WILBUR GRIFFIN, 

^Iniiiifkii-liii-or ol" llutr .l««\» «>li-.> . LmUfw" WltfN. iiiul OriiniiuMitul llnir Woi-U of 
All KIikIm \o. (d Mliilo Nl. 

INlosl hulit's of Koolu>st<M- i\\\A vu'imtv know iho lot>alion. and inany an> aciniaintod 
\vifl\ tl\o inttM-ior of Mrs. Wilbur Ih-ilVin's attraiMivo ostablishuuMit, No. l>l Stalostroot 
tho lar^ost, most »'oi»pl»^t(< aiul bosl i)atroni/,oil liair-works wost of Now York. !\Irs. 
tJnlVm has btvMi iwanufat'turiuir prottv ami usoful thin^js from luunan hair in tliisoity 
for thi> past tliirtv-om^ voars. having' tirsl ostablishoil htMsolf at tho Osburn lloiist^ 
bUvk in ISoT. ivniovin^ in h'^t>- to \\or juosent loi'ation, whioh has bo«Mi nMuodoU^l 
aiul iiuprovtvl from tinio to timo until it is now pronounood ono of tho most boautifnl 
ami (l<<sirabh> storos in Kooliostor. witli phitt^-jihiss front, tasty vostibulo tMitranoo. 
haiulsomoly and riolily littod up. aiul sii arrauijiHl as to prosent an tMitraiuMU)^ per- 
spoi'tivo t>f ornato 8lu>w I'asos aiul sholvos loadovl with inio and lovoly jjooils. inoUid- 
iui: a kjroat vanoty of hair j«nvolry. hulios" wiijs. fronts, switi'hos and hair ornaironts 
of oviM-y vlosiTiptiou, bosidos a j:oiuM-al assortnuMit of toih>t artu'los. brushos. I'ombs. 
tonios aiul ovorythiiij; roiinirod in tlio oaro of "woman's 4:li>ry." 'I'ho promises aro '2'^ 
foot front by (>."< foot doop. and al tlio roar aro tl\o liair-drossim: rooms, wlioro hidios 
and ohiUiron may liavo thoir hair out, shampoixnl, oiuiod and drossod styhshly and at 
littlo «>\ponso of timo or mouoy. 

Mrs. (.hitlui is tho roiv>tfni/od oato'ror io tho huUos of l\ool>ostor and vioinity in tlio 
inatttM- »>f hair >joo<ls. i-osmotios. toilot ijiJods. oto., anil is tho most suooossful busjnoss 
wonum in tho oity. 

EMPIRE ROLLER MILLS. 

4;<Mlinu llio«... l*i«>|>ri«Moi«. Ilaiiiinu-I moi-. M li«tl<>>«:tlo and lt«M:iil l»o:»Ior^ in 
4'lioifO Kmiiil) ;KIoiii-, llj «« FUuii- niitl K«mmI rit»i»ri«>loi"> ol" I iiioii H.> o Flour 
nUl!* \o««. .'V juul 7 >oi-<h WiUor Nl. :iii«» \o. ."il %oi-lli Water >»t. 

Amouir tho lirst in this viomity io ;idi>pt m its onliroty tho now roUor pnn-oss of 
manufaotnnui: t\our woro tho C^tMliuir Hn^thors. propriotors of tho Kmpiro tloiir mills 
.and I'niou ryo tlour mills, tho formor at Ni>s. o and 7 tho lattor at Xo. :U North Wator 
stroot.both oporatod by wator powor and oi^iiippod in tho latost iindoomplotost man- 
ner, Tho llmpiro rollor mills oooupy a substantial tivo story striiotiiro, -SxlfHl foot, 
whilo tho Vnioii mills, oqnally as stroui: aiul soouro, aro of tliroo storios. .'^Oxl.Hl foot. 
Sixtoon nuMi aro omployod, and tho pi\HliuM is soKl in all prinoipal markots throuirh- 
out tho MidiUo aiul Kastorn St.atos. tho vnitput avorairiui: 'J'J;> barrols a vlay. 'Iho 
fjivorito brands of tloiir aro •' C'roam of Koohostor " aiul " Hollor A," than whioh nono aro 
moro popnl.ar iu\d sal.iblo at Iumuo or abrv>ad. Thoir ryo tlour is of tho hiirhost 
ijrado, and tho domaiid is .always fully up to tho oapaoity of thoir mills. Hosidos thoir 
own brands, iMM-liui: Hrothors aro ijonoral jiironts U->v tho oolobratod Minuosot« patont 
"NVlut.^ Satin" tlour. of whioh thoy soil s^roat quantitios to tho Kastorn trado. 

CLEVELAND cS: TAYLOR, 

^> holo-.!«l«' l»o:»l«M«4 in; I riii<«*. \ul««. ««iiii«mI ♦iood- ami Knn«> <;i«>oorio«i ^0!». 

IMT :»ii«i;i'il» !>»l!«lo •*!. 

Ono ot tho most suooossful of Koohostor's nowor wholosalo housos is tho lirm of 
(""lovoland .'i: T.aylor. wlu^losalo doalors in fruits, nuts, oannod covhIs and fanoy cn^- 
ivrios. NiK>«. 1J7 "and \'1\^ Stato stroot. Tho houso was ostablishod in IST.'v and for a time 
had many ditVioultios to oontond with, but by dint of onor»;y. rosolnto industry and 
uprichl doaluiirthoy havo surmountod all vlilVumltios. and now find thomsolvos at tho 
hoad of tho loadiuic houso of tho kuul in Koohostor. Thoy havo amplo faoilitios for 
hauvllinira larco tr.Jvlo. thoir pivmisos ovmsistiiiir of tho two lowortloors and basomont. 
■'VKlUi foot, at tho looality montionod. IVti poisons aroomplovod. and thoirs isa busy 
plaoo. Thoy havo a lanro looal travlo and ship hoavily to rotaUors within a radius of 
a hundr«Hl liiiUvs or sw 0( foroiirn fruits of all kiiuls thoy handlo vast v\uantitios. and 
tho sjvmo is truo of thoir othor spvvialtios vhoioo i^ravlos and notinl brands boinjr a 
par»;iniablo wonkntvss of tho liouso - a woakuoss that has had not a littlo to do with, 
thoir suooossanvl inoroasiui; popularity. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF UOCII KSTKU. 1^7 



J. EMORY JONES. 

Kfi|Cl4i KoiiikIiw iiimI RIim-IiIik' HIh>|* lti'o«\ irn Itiu-r. l''oiil of I<'iii-uium' Hi. 

()ti«M)f tluMUoHlr imporliiiii of Hocrlu^Hloi'H iminv liirj^'n Mimiiifudiurinf^ onliTpriHOH 
JB Uio I'iHK'I*' P'omidiy mid MuchiiK^ Hliop, Hiliuitod on Itrovvn'H rn<io, id Ww fool, of 
l<'iirim(^ti Hiroi^t-. 'I'IiIh «wfid)liHliriu'idi jh lilttnviHc* oiio of tlio old<<Ht, in Mm <"ity, liiiviti^^ 
l>(i(Mi (wtubliHlu^d ill ISIf) UyMm ndlmrof llio pioHoid propiiolor, ( li« Iidl.or linviiij; 
iiHHimuvl (loidrol in 1H77. 'I'lio pioiuiHcH o(^Mipi»id mo (^xtonHivn mid i-oimnodioiiH, 
liaviiiff b(MMi «^Hp(MMJdly (loiiHtnictiMl wilii r<^f(MiMi(M< l.o tlio trmiHiKilion of tlio biiHinoHH 
now (Miniod on tlioro, mid <'oniprinn ii hIoiio Imildinj^' wiiioli fronlH i;J7 f^^(»t on IJrown'H 
riic(^ iind oxIoiuIh biuik '2<K) f««ot.. Tlu^ni mc* <MniHtiiiil!.v iMiipIoyod in (lio wori<H HJxt.y- 
livo (MiiployeB, HoltMitod for tiii^ir oHpooial Hkill in tim woi U upon wliich Mi<\v iir« 
(<iiiploy«Ml. 

Tim HptH'.iiil prodiurtjon of llm IO)i(,di< Konn<lry in niiu^iiinrry (iiiHlinj^fH of nil Hi/.oH mid 
d(«H(M-ipiioiiH, mid \\w lon^ mid vmird oxpcwinntM^ of Ww ImmuI of tluH itHtiililiHlinionthiiH 
built, up u l,iad(» of iiir^»^ proportioiiH, vviiicli iH (vnitiiiiiiilly on IJi<^ iiuinwmd. 'riicitriido 
ill iiio product iH donfiiu'd pi iiicipully l,o tlu^ city mid WcHl.crn New York, but. t.lio 
ifWiHon for t.liiH iH found, not. in til(^ iibH«^n<M> of onltMH from oIIkm- mi<i fiirdiHliiiil. loriili- 
ticH, lint in Ww vvoiUh Ikmiij^ ninply cwiiployod iiy lillinj^ tli(< ordiMH from tli(> Hoction 
d(^Hi)^'nllt(Ml. 

Ah liaH l»ccn Htal-tMl, tlic^ foundry wan Htarltvl in a Hiiiall way l»y t.im fatlnw of tim 
lirt'Hcnt, proprietor in lKir>, I)ii1, l)y liiH <m(^r^fy, pcirH(wcrmic(* and biiHincHH capacity Im 
liiiilt up tJl(^ iircHciit nia^nili(r(«iit (Mit*«rpriHc, wliicOi Iuih alno Ikmmi au>^'ni(Mitod HiniH) 
Mr. .1. I'iUiory .Ioik^k took ciiar>,'c of the workn in IH77. At pr(iH«iil tlii> output, of tJi(» 
foundry in about, ten tonn of macliincry c-antinj^'H <laily, tiic bulk of wliicli in of a 
Hpcoial cliaract<*r for inacliincry of a pari.icular nature. Ah in wt^ll known tot.lu* trade, 
thiH iiivolveH a hi^b (tliiHHof workiiiaiiHiiip, and in t.biH.aH in otliern, t lie Ma^le Foundry 
ex(MilH. 

Mr. .1. Jj^mury .lontiH is a woll-known and inlluent.ial roHidc^nt of iliifl (lit.y, and Ih 
tlioroiifsdily roHpected for his indivicbial and bunineHH cluinicter. 

J. W. GRAVES, 

Itl ail II fat' ( II 1*4' I' 4>r aiitl Ikfali-r in !<■<' 4'i-t'aiii and I'lii-t' 4'oiir«M-l l«tiMTi«*M Mo. 1M> 

r.liHl .naiii Ml. 

Tlui reHid<MitH of KoclieHter and vicinity wlio enjoy t.ll<^ j^ood Miinj^H of life ar<» not. 
likely to for>^et. that, the nioHt. ntybHli confecitionery eHt.ubliHiirnent. in tiio cit.y is tlmt.of 
.1. W. (IraveH, No. '.M( hlant Main Htre*»t. Mr. (IraveH ori^finally eHlablinlied bininelf at. 
No. 15 I*'roiit, Ht.reel in 1K7(), but. liiH trade tiiially oiit.^rew bin fiuNlitien timre, and be 
removed, tirHt. t.o No.iJti Main nt icmiI, brid^,'<^ and a).f!iin, in IHHO, lo bin |>rcHent. locwition, 
where he oociipieH two HpacioiiH lloorn, '25x80 ^e(^t.. lOnt.erin^ by the liandHoine pliite- 
ylaHH front, the vinit.or IhidH hiniHelf at. once in the liir^fiwuid ele^,'anMy arranj^ed Hl.ore, 
and, nmt,aphori<villy Hpeakinj,', up to bin eyen in Hweet.n, wlii(!h an> lavinhly dJHplayed 
in taHt(»ful ^cl"WK ciiHeH and on hIicIvch and coiinteiH. We don't. propoHc t.odeHcrilMiIhe 
Hto(^k that, in iinpoHHible but in<M'<tly t.o Ht.iit<^ that. it. \h (roinpreli)wiHiv(^ mid nia^'iiiti- 
(;ent., and in k(M^pin^' with the Hurroiindin^'H. Iler(t ar<^ hIiowii inexhmiHtibie <|iianti- 
t.icH of the lineHt, and purcnt. candien, ol Mr. ( J raven' own nimiiifactiire, an well aH 
(rhoi(Mi Anieri(;an confe(rt.ioiiH, l*^'ench bon-boiiH, and a thoiiHand and one novtOti(^H 
pcirtaininj.,' t.o I.Imi trade, of which we do not. (<ven knowtlu* nanu^H. ThiH in truly a 
model store, full of att ractioiiH for ey(t iind palate. 

Mr. (J raven iiianufactur(*H vant <puintit it^nof the 11 nest. i(!e (ireairi in the world, more 
than any other hoiiH(( in WeHtern New York. In addition to einployin>.f an averaj^eof 
foiirt.een people, a Hi.eam en^jine in re(piir('d to operate the freezern, mid hardly a well- 
to-do family in or around llochcHter in i^^noraiit of t.lm ineritH of draven' i(re <'remii. 

Mr. (}ra.v<w wan born here, and by bin own unai<led indiintry ban built u|i a lar^o 
aii<l tlouriHhiii^j bunineHH. That b(* iH an enferpriniiu; and [iiiblic-Hpirited (•it,i/,<«n is 
att.OHt.ed by bin conni^ction with, and Hiipport of, the Ohamber of ConiineKM*. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



STEAM GAUGE AND LANTERN CO., 



ManuftioturerH of Tubular Lianterns. Tubular Street Lianipn, Tubular Station 
L.anip!!4. liocomotive Headliisfhts. Signal Iiights. Railroad Lanterns. Steam 
Gauges, etc.— Main Office and Factory, Foot of Center St., Rochester: 
Rranch OfficeN. Xo. 23 Mur ray St., Ifew York ; Xo. 5J5 £.ake St., Chicago. 




The Steam Gauge and Lantern Company was incorporated in 1881, with S250,- 
000 paidcapital stock. The works, among the most conspicuous of the city's indus- 
trial institutions, are situated at the foot of Centerstreet, upper falls of the Genesee, 
and comprise an immense plant of stone and brick walls and machinery, the latter 
'Operated by water power, of which there is an inexhaustible supply, while the build- 
ings throughout are heated and ventilated by steam, making it one of the pleasantest 
and most desirable places in the world for the employes, 250 of whom are on the pay- 
rolls and earn an average of ;$7,000 per month in the aggregate. The output is very 
large — about 800 dozen lamps of all classes per diem— and their quality is attested by 
the fact that not only are they used in the government service, army, navy, harbor, 
life-saving, customs, etc., and generally by all steamboat and railroad companies in 
the United States, but are exported m vast numbers to Europe, the antipodes, 
West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America, Brazil, India, Africa, China and 



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Japan. The goods produced cover the entire field of oil-burning lamps, while special- 
ties are made of railway conductors', marine signal and light-house lamps. 




The central cut represents this company's improved No. 3 globe street lamp, which 
burns kerosene without a chimney, giving a brilliant light, equal to 16-cat3dle gas. It 
can be regulated to burn any desired number of hours and then go ou fc of itself. The 
hardest wind does not affect it. The No. 2 tubular square street lamp burns the same 
oil, and in all respects save that of shape is constructed on the same principles and 
has the same merits as the No. 3 globe street lamp. These lamps are extensively 
employed for lighting villages, the outskirts of cities, the grounds attached to manu- 
facturing establishments and residences, etc., and give unvarying satisfaction, the 
demand steadily increasing. They are equally as good as gas lamps, and vastly 
cheaper. 

The two cuts placed at either side represent the same lamp, No. safety 
tubular, pronounced by the trade the best tubular lamp ever placed on the market. 
The globe is so arranged as to slide up out of the way for filling, trimming or light- 
ing, and is safely locked in place when lowered. The entire line of lamps manufac- 
tured by this company exhibit inventive genius and mechanical skill of a high order, 
and the same remark applies to their steam gauges, of which they produce an incred- 
ible number in various sizes and for every conceivable purpose relating to the control 
of steam, air or water. This firm perfected and introduced the device for displaying 
signal numbers in headlights, which is now in use on all of the trunk lines of the 
country. 

D. F. LEWIS, . ' 



Paper Box Mamifaotiirer— Xo. 65 State St. 

This house was started by Messrs. Mallory & Son in 1860, and in 1885 Mr. D. F. 
Lewis became the purchaser, bringing to it a thorough practical knowledge and ex- 
perience. He occupies the top floor of the EUwanger & Barry building on State 
street, and there does an excellent business, the bulk of which is derived from West- 
ern New York and this city. He manufactures paper boxes of all kinds and descrip- 
tions, and also makes a specialty of mailing-tubes of any desired size for pamphlets, 
circulars, photographs, etc. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 








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THE SHIPMAN ENGINE MANUFACTURING CO. 



H. ^V. Smith. President; James FItt. $>iupei-inteii(lent : Charles 1». Bos well. 
Seeretary and Treasurer— Manufaeturers of the l^ihipnian Kngine, Kero- 
sene for Fuel— Bismarek Plaee. 




'! Several makes of enyiuts Lave been desigrued lor small power and small expense 
for fuel, but it remained for The Shipman Engine Manufacturing Company to pro- 
duce their kerosene-burning engine and adequately and thoroughly fill all the needed 
requirements. Within two years the company has built 1,200 of the Rochester 
model Shipman patent oil engine, and these have given perfect and invariable satis- 
faction to the parties to whom they have been sold. Their being made in power of 
from one to four horse, they can be used to run the smallest machine where power is 
required, or to furnish momentum to dynamos, exhaust-fans or blowing engines, etc. 
In addition to the numerous uses to which this engine can be put on land, the com- 
pany also makes an engine specially for use on pleasure yachts, launches, etc., that 
is very economical and very easy of control and adjustment. 

These engines are perfectly safe in both their stationary and marine forms, and 
their use is permitted by the board of underwriters without the payment of an addi- 
tional rate of premium, thus testifying in the most decided manner to the safety of 
these engines. The Demas scroll saw, an ingenious cylinder pump and a line of 
blacksmith's drills are also among their specialties. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



THE ROCHESTER MACHINE TOOL WORKS 

(Limited). 



Klias Mapes. President : ti. W. DaAison. Treasui-er: Seth Bratg:iii8. Secretary— 
Mannfaetiirers of the Acme Automatic Safety Engine— Office and ^Vorks, 
BrOAvn's Race. 

Among engines of 
recent date none are 
more complete than 
the Acme Automatic 
Safety Engine. Since 
its first introduction 
in 1885 it has gained 
friends on every hand 
by reason of the 
thorough and scien- 
tiiic method of con- 
struction, its com- 
pactness and thor- 
ough reliability ia 
power and new and 
improved method of 
control. 

Kerosene oil of 
110 to 115° fire test 
is the fuel used. This 
is atomized by a 
steam jet and con- 
trolled by an auto- 
matic fire regulator 
that reduces or cuts 
off entirely the sup- 
ply of fuel when the 
steam pressure 
reaches the limit at 
which the regulator 
is adjusted. Three 
and one-half gallons 
of above fuel are 
sufficient to furnish 
one horse-power for 
ten hours. Natural 
gas mingled with air 
can also be used with 
the same degree of 
success as the above. 
At present three 
sizes of engmes and 
boilers are manufac- 
tured, No. 1 of one- 
horse power, 500 revolutions per minute, weighing, complete, 400 lbs. ; No. 2 of two- 
horse power, 400 revolutions per minute, weighing 620 pounds; No. 3, four-horse 
power, weight about 1100 pounds, and 400 revolutions per minute. These boilers 
are capable of carrying from 110 to 120 pounds steam with perfect safety. Through- 
out all parts of the country they may be found in operation, giving perfect satisfac- 
tion in every instance. In China, Germany and South America they are also in use 
with the same success as elsewhere. Requiring little or no attention, automatic and 
self regulating, constructed only of the best material by skilled mechanics, and 
thoroughly tested in every possible manner before leaving the factory, competent 
judges pronounce them the only reliable kerosene-burning engine ever constructed. 




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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



'i03 



WRIGHT & PETERS, 



Manufacturers of liadieii^' Shoes— Sfos. 10» and 105 Xorth Water St. 

In the front rank of those who have suc- 
cessfully labored for the development of the 
shoe industry of Rochester is the firm of 
Wright & Peters, formerly Wright & Cowles. 
established at the corner of State and 
Mumford streets in 1868. The first change 
of style occurred in 1872, when it became 
D. W. Wright & Co., and the second in 
1885, when the present firm, composed of 
Messrs. D. W. Wright, W. R. Peters and E. 
P. Wright, was organized. The factory at 
Nos. 103 and 105 North Water street, six 
stories in height, 50 feet front by 100 feet 
deep, is one of the roomiest and best ap- 
pointed establishments of the kind in the 
city. On the ground floor are the large and 
attractively arranged office and salesrooms; 
on tlie second is the cutting department; on 
the third the stitching department; on the 
fourth is the stock-cutting-room, and the 
fifth and sixth are devoted to bottoming, packing and other purposes. Two hundred 
first-class operators are employed, together with all requisite improved machinery and 
appliances, and the output, averaging 500 pairs daily, is handled by the trade all over 
the Union. The firm eschews every description of cheap work, and caters only to the 
highest class of trade. Their specialties embrace all styles of ladies' fine shoes, and 
material, workmanship and finish are guaranteed equal if not superior to similar 
goods made anywhere. The members of the firm are native New Yorkers, enter- 
prising, capable and experienced. 




MOUNT HOPE MARBLE WORKS. 



C ^V. Trott. Prrtprietor— Maiiufaeturer of and Dealer in llarble and Oranite 
lIonunientH, Headstones, Tablets, ete.— Xo. 31« Mount Hope Ave., Opposite 
Mount Hope. 

One of the best and most noted of local monument builders and marble-workers 
is Mr. G. W. Trott, whose capacious works are located immediately opposite Mount 
Hope cemetery, at No. 316 Mount Hope avenue, where he enjoys every facility for 
designing and executing anything desired in his line, from a towering Scotch granite 
monument to a modest tablet for an infant's grave. Some of the best work in this 
vicinity is from his hands, and his services are in constant and increasing request. 
These yards were established in 1883 by Messrs. Trott & Wiegand, the latter retiring 
in 1886. Mr. Trott has lived here since infancy, is skillful, industrious and obliging, 
and worthy the confidence and patronage with which he is so largely favored. 



VOGEL & BINDER, 



Manufae turers 



of Sash, Doors, Blinds, ete.- 
Water St. 



Xos. 191, 193 and 195 Ih^orth 



This prosperous house was established in 1876 by Mr. J. J, O'Connor, who was 
succeeded by the present proprietors. The premises consist of three stories in the 
building numbered from 191 to 195 North Water street, and one floor in that adjoin- 
ing. The machinery is first-class and of large capacity, working upward of 500,000 
feet of lumber annually into sash, doors, blinds, fancy fronts and store doors, window 
and door frames, casings and mouldings of every variety. Perfect finish is displayed 
in all their goods, those of a fancy description showing novelty of design and artistic 
execution in a high degree. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



TITUS & BABCOCK. 



Manufacturers" Agents for Clilf "s Bolster and Bugj^y Npriuj^s and the Ole- 
brated Ram's Horn Bugay Springs— Xo. 214 West Main St. 




Cliff's celebrated bolster springs are well-known and highly recommendeil through- 
out the length and breadth of the United States, where they are probably more gener- 
ally used than any other description. Messrs. S. M. Titus and C. W. Babcock have 
recently associated themselves in business as manufacturers' agents of these goods 
at No. 214 West Main street, where all correspondence should be addressed. The 
Cliff bolster spring appears this year in an improved form, which must add greatly 
to the already large demand. It must be seen to be appreciated. It is entirely new 
in its construction, combining the old-fashioned elliptic with the torsion principle, get- 
ting the body down low, doing away with side-bars, cross-bars and body-loops, and 
making the easiest riding spring ever produced. This spring is made with a capacity 
ranging from 1,000 to 8,000 pounds, with prices varying accordingly. 

The gentlemen composing this firm are already favorably known to Rochester 
people, whose good wishes they have in their enterprise. 



CHAS. W. TROTTER & SON. 



Furnaces, Kanges. Hotel Heating and Cooking Apparatus, etc.— <]^eneral Job- 
bers— Dealers in and Manufacturers of Tin and Copper AVare— AVhitconib 
House Block. Xo. 215 Kast Main St. 

Mr. Charles W. Trotter has resided in Rochester for the past thirty years, the last 
eighteen of which have been devoted to the branch of business in which he is at 
present engaged, and in which he established himself at No. 29 Exchange street in 
1870. Five years later the firm of Trotter, Geddes & Co. was organized and con- 
tinued for ten years as the leading Rochester house of the kind, when it was dissolved 
and Mr. Trotter continued in his own name until January 1st last, when his son, Mr. 
H. L. Trotter, a vigorous and enterprising young gentleman, was admitted to a part- 
nership. The latter was specially trained to his vocation under the direction of his 
father, and is a master of all details pertaining to the trade. The elder Mr. Trotter 
is a prominent member of the new Chamber of Commerce and an infiuential and re- 
spected citizen. 

The firm occupies the ground floor and basement, 20x150 feel:, of the large and 
eligibly situated brick building No. 215 East Main street, where an immense and 
carefully selected line of all goods in their line is exhibited. The shops and ware- 
house for the storage of extra stock are in another part of town, though easily acces- 
sible. As already intimated, the firm carry an exhaustive assortment of improved hot 
air furnaces, ranges, cooking and ventilating apparatus, including every valuable 
novelty of the time. An endless stock of tin and copper ware is a noticeable feature, 
most of it of their own manufacture, and their facilities in this direction enable them 
to make to order anything required from standard or original patterns. . 



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WILLIAM A. PAGE, 



Contractor for Fire-Proof I'onstriK-tioii and Arolilte etural Iron IVork— IVo. 248 

Po"»ers Blook, 

Particular attention has been paid of late years to fire-proof construction of build- 
ings, and, in fact, this has almost become a profession of itself. Certainly, with the 
mHgnificent and costly edifices that are now being erected, it is a matter of judicious 
economy to have them thoroughly, completely and perfectly fire-proof. Mr. William 
A. Page, a native of Rochester, stands at the head of those who have made fire-proof 
construction a study and a practice. His office is at No. 242 Powers block. He is a 
contractor for fire-proof construction and for architectural iron work of all kinds, and 
is also agent for the Boston Terra Cotta Company, the Belcher Mosaic Glass Company, 
John A. Koebling's Sous' patent stiffened wire lathing, asbestos goods of all descrip- 
tions, William Ingham & Sons' imported glazed brick, etc. 

Mr. Page established his present business ia 1886, and has a large, influential and 
growing clientage, some of the work he has performed being the terra cotta on the 
Wilder building, the grand staircase in the same magnificent edifice, the stairs and 
elevator inclosures in the Safe Deposit building on Exchange street, the terra cotta 
on the Stein Manufacturing Co.'s building, also the Stein, Bloch & Co.'s new clothing 
building, the Meyers' building, the iron work in the new Ellwanger & Barry build- 
ing, the new Clinton hotel, and the State Industrial School. 

Mr. Page is an enterprising and active member of the new Chamber of Commerce 
and of the Contractors and Builders' Association. 



ROSENBERG & BLUM, 



"Wholesale Clotliing Maiiufaetiirers— Xos. 110 and 121 X. St. Panl St. 

This eminent Rochester house has undergone several changes since its establish- 
ment in 1865, when it was known as Kolb Bros. & Co., Mr. Rosenberg being a member 
of<the firm. In 1870 Kolb, Rosenberg & Co. became the style, followed in 1875 by 
Rosenberg, Wheeler & Blum. Six years later the name became Rosenberg, Wolff & 
Blum, the present nomenclature being adopted in 1888. Through all these changes 
the house hns steadily prospered until to-day it is in a position of proud prosperity. 
The firm occupies the entire seven-story building Nos. 119 and 121 St. Paul street. 
The rooms are light and airy and aggregate an area of 35,980 square feet. They are 
apportioned off to the various processes of the business in which the numerous force 
of 400 hands is employed. The operations are confined to the manufacture of men's 
clothing in every grade, and careful work and a judicious selection of material 
characterize the output. The goods have a standard reputation in the market and 
the ever large call for them arises from every quarter of the United States. Mr. 
Herman Rosenberg has been a resident here for about thirty years, and since manhood 
has been associated with the manufacture of clothing. Both gentlemen are well and 
widely known and highly reputable citizens. Mr. H. Rosenberg is a member of the 
Chamber of Commerce. 

J. L. HEATH, 



Shoe Manufactnrer— Ko. 175 Front St. 

The business which had been carried on at the Rochester Boot Manufactory upon 
Water street for sixteen years devolved, in 1886, upon Mr. J. L. Heath, and he trans- 
ferred the concern to the present more desirable situation upon Front street. Other 
changes in the business were also made. The premises of the firm are spacious and 
thoroughly equipped with every accessory to the manufacture of shoes and slippers. 
A capable staff' of hands is employed, and the operations of the house are especially 
directed to the production of slippers. These embrace every description of design 
and material, care and judgment being used in the selection of the latter, with the 
result that these goods have already gained an enviable reputation, and find an ever 
ready and expanding market all over Western New York. Mr. Heath is a native 
of New Hampshire, for twenty years a resident of Rochester. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 




^§9GnffitHsSt. 



Mr. W. H. Goodger established himself in business in 1877, and brought thereto a 
thorough practical knowledge of all the various modes and processes of manufacture 
as well as a remarkable capability for devising novel and attractive styles of ladies' 
and children's fine shoes, this being the specialty wherein be has had thirty years' 
active, practical and commercial experience. The premises at present occupied by 
Mr. Goodger comprise one floor of the new and commodious building Nos. 7 and 9 
GriflBth street, 40x115 feet, which is completely fitted up with improved machinery, 
selected with especial reference to the production of the very finest grades of work. 
Mr. Goodger gives employment to seventy-five operatives and turns out two hundred 
pairs of ladies' and children's fine shoes a day. The number of pairs of shoes made 
is comparatively small, but the secret of this seemingly insignificant numerical pro- 
duct is the secret of Mr. Goodger's popularity with the trade and the public; he 
achieves quality rather than quantity, and devotes all his comprehensive skill and 
experience to the manufacture of the very finest quality of goods. It is therefore not 
surprising that his trade extends all over the United States and is steadily increasing 
as he augments his manufacturing facilities, for the output of his house is readily 
absorbed by buyers as/ast as made. 

Mr. Goodger is a native of this city, one of the oldest in the business. A practical 
man from top to toe, a thorough workman, comprehensively versed in his business 
from the minutest stitch to the rapid placing of thousands of pairs of shoes in the 
most remunerative market, and a genial gentleman, with whom a business transaction 
becomes a pleasant memento of commercial intercourse, we can heartily commend all 
those who desire the best quality of goods with the best quality of treatment to visit 
Mr. W. H. Goodger, and prove our assertions to be true by their individual experience. 



ROCHESTER LUBRICATING OIL WORKS. 



J. Scott IVilson, Proprietor— Manufacturer of and Dealer in Liubricatins Oils 
for All Purposes: HIsli Fire-Test, Filtered and l>ark Cylinder Oils a 
Specialty— Olliee and >Vorks. Xos. 333 to 341 Allen St. 

This house is one of the most celebrated in the country, having been established 
by Mr. J. Scott Wilson, the present proprietor, in 1862, when the discovery of oil in 
Pennsylvania was first made. Mr. Wilson is therefore one of the oldest oil men in 
the business. Mr. Wilson's present large and commodious establishment is located 
at Nos. 233 to 241 Allen street, where he has his office and two-story frame buildings, 
60x30 feet in area, and there he manufactures "Wilson's extra engine oils," "Wilson's 
extra cylinder oils," pure sperm, whale, neatsfoot and lard oils, signal, screw cutting, 
belt, leather, hoof and paraffine oils, lubricating compound greases and lubricating oils 
for all purposes, and makes a specialty of high fire-test, filtered and dark cylinder 
oils. Mr. Wilson's trade extends throughout New York, Ohio and the Western 
States, and this is being steadily increased as the excellence of his manufactures be- 
comes known to the public. 



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H. WIDDOWSON & CO., 



Machinists— Manufacturers of Wni. Middowson's Stave Jointer— Brown's 

Race, ^'oot of Piatt St. 

1 d residents of 
Rochester will re- 
member the business 
established in the old 
Curtis block, Main 
street, in 1840, by Wm. 
Widdowson, and will 
call to mind with re- 
gret the death of that 
esteemed gentleman 
in 1874. It was then 
that the brothers H. 
and A. Widdowson 
succeeded to the own- 
ership of the concern, 
which they jointly 
conducted until the 
year 1880, when a dis- 
solution of partner- 
ship occurred, follow- 
ed by the formation 
of the present firm, 
in which H. Widdow- 
son and Joseph J. 
Schutte are jointly in- 
terested. The present 
location in Michel's 
building, Brown's 
race, was secured by 
the house in 1874. The 
situation is an espe- 
cially favorable one 
for expeditious opera- 
tions. The two floors 
occupied by the firm 
contain a very com- 
plete steam and hydraulic power machine plant The firm is engaged in general 
machine and jobbing work, but make a specialty of the Widdowson stave jointer, 
which is manufactured in all sizes. These goods are in perpetual demand in every 
part of the United States. 




W. D. CLARK, 



Manufacturer of Carriages and Sleighs— Xos. 37 £ast Ave. and 14 Euclid St. 

For nineteen years past Mr. W. D. Clark has enjoyed an enviable eminence in the 
carriage trade, at first as junior member of Rockfellow & Clark from 1869 to 1870, then 
for two years as senior of Clark & LaFountain, and since 1872 on his individual 
account. He removed from the original stand. No. 145 East Main street, to his 
present eligible location. Nop. 27 East avenue and 14 Euclid street, in 1886, his present 
works having a frontage of 28 feet on both thoroughfares and extending through from 
one to the other 172 feet, three stories in height on Euclid street and two on East 
avenue. Here fifteen men are constantly employed, and much of the finest and best 
work of the kind done in Rochester is turned out here. 

While building to order any description of carriage desired, Mr. Clark makes a 
specialty of the finer grades of light vehicles, phaetons, Cherokees, light top buggies, 
etc. There is a growing demand for just such work as Mr. Clark devotes his atten- 
tion to, and many of the neatest and best jobs of the kind in the city and vicinity are 
from his shops. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



S. E. LINCOLN, 



"Wholesale Dealer iu and Manufacturers' Agent for istpeeialties In Agricultural 
Iniplenients, etc.— Xo. 14«» West Main St. 




A progressive farming community such as that of Western New York requires and 
will have at any cost the latest machinery, implements and appliances for saving time, 
lightening labor and securing the best results. An establishment like that of Mr. S. E. 
Lincoln, opened at No. 105 West Main street in 1886, is certain of a large patronage 
and a successful career. It removed during the present year to No. 146 West Main 
street. Mr. Lincoln controls first-class facilities, and acting as maniifacturera' 
agent and carrying a large stock, is enabled to meet the wants of agriculturists in 
the best manner and on favorable terms. Mr. Lincoln's premises at the above 
number occupy the entire ground floor, 20x90 feet, and are crowded with samples of the 
commodities in which he deals, including a complete line of Ross fodder and ensilage 
cutters in all sizes, hand, lever, horse and steam power, Ross reversible feed carriers, 
" Scientific " grinding mills from No. 1 to No. 4, for horseor steam power; " Scientific" 
farmers' forge, combination anvil and kit of blacksmiths' and farriers' tools; Stevens' 
improved spring tooth harrow, cutters, carriages and harness, and an endless variety 
of other useful and convenient devices. A call will convince the farmer that Mr. 
Lincoln can supply just the things he wants. Mr. Ijincoln is a member of the new 
Chamber of Commerce. 



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209 



BYRNES, DUGAN & HUDSON, 

Manufacturer!!* of Bo.viri'. Vouths% MisseV and Children'^* Fine ti^hoes— Kos. 6 
and » Plea$>ant St.; J«ew York Olliee. Xo. I'Z'i I>uane St. 





This well-known and leading^ firm has en- 
joyed a career of unbroken prosperity since 
its establishment in 1881, and is composed 
of Messrs. Patrick Byrnes, W. E. Dugan 
and C. B. Hudson. Their manufactures 
comprise a wide range of superior grades 
of shoes for boys and girls, both machine 
and hand-sewed, in all cases their material 
and workmanship being the best that ample capital, comprehensive experi- 
ence, the best appliances and highly skilled labor can produce. The result is that 
a constantly increasing demand exists for their goods, necessitating the employment 
of more than one hundred and seventy-five workmen, and the daily production of 
upward of five hundred pairs of shoes. Their facilities would produce many more 
in a lower grade. Their extensive factory at Nos. 6 and 8 Pleasant street is fully 
equipped with the latest and most approved machinery, and the entire process of 
manufacture is personally supervised by each member of the firm, whose experience 
has been perfected by many years' application. They carry a large stock of staple 
goods at their New York salesroom also. 

The output of the house finds a ready market throughout the country, and the un- 
failing excellence of the goods made has rendered the name of Byrnes, Dugan & Hud- 
son a guarantee of superiority. All the members of the firm are progressive and alert 
business men and thoroughly identified vvith all movements tending to the advance 
of the Flower City and the augmentation of her material interests. As an evidence 
of this, they are enrolled with the Chamber of Commerce. 



HENRY WRAY & SON, 



Bra!!>i»« 'Founders— Xo. 1»3 Mill St. 

The firm of Henry Wray & Son was established m 1842 by Henry Wray, sr., who 
came from England in the year 1817, and the original foundry stood upon the present 
site of the Democrat and Chronicle office. In 1860 the business was transferred to 
its present location at No. 193 Mill street. The present firm, consisting of Henrv 
Wray, jr., and Wm. H. Wray, dates from 1873. The foundry building is two stories 
in height and covers an area of 50x25 square feet. It is especially adapted to its 
purposes and contains all the requisite machinery and other appliances for this par- 
ticular industry. A competent force of hands is employed, whose labors benefit by 
the close supervision of the partners, both experts in their business. All kinds of 
brass and composition castings are made, an ever ready market existing in Western 
New York for the firm's output. The shrewd enterprise and business capacity of 
three generations has been brought to bear upon the transactions of this house, with 
the result that it holds a position unsurpassed in its line. The members of the con- 
cern are natives of Eochester, whose public spirit has been evinced by their ready 
participation in every project for the welfare of the community. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



R. WHALEN & CO. 



Riohard M'halen. James Y,. ^Vhalen and IRioliard F. \%'lialen— Tobacco llanu- 
facturers and l>ealers— Xo. 194 Mill St. 

; ■' Since the days when Sir Walter 
Baleigh found the native American In- 
dians on fire, as he supposed, with the 
smoke of the conflagration being emitted 
from their mouths, the habit of using 
tobacco in some form has spread until 
1 there is no part of the world that is 
without its votaries of the nicotian weed. 
A want never exists among mankind 
without there being some means devised 
f ( )r its supply, and to furnish a fine grade 
of chewing and smoking tobacco and 
cigars the house of R. Whalen & Co. 
was founded by the senior partner in 
1863, the remaining two members, James 
L.Whalen and Richard F.Whalen, being 
admitted to a partnership some years 
since. That this firm has satisfactorily 
filled the need that caused its institution, 
its present large trade amply testifies, 
as well as the high favor in which the 
products of this house are held. Mr. 
R. Whalen, the seuior partner, has been 
engaged in the tobacco business since 
1838, and he is the only gentleman now 
living engaged in this business who was 
then employed at that early period, and 
his ripe and varied experience eminently 
qualifies him for the position he holds as the head of this influential and prominent 
house. 

The present factory is situated in the Kidd building, and occupies a space of 150x150 
feet, divided into three large rooms, wherein they have a number of special machines 
made for the particular needs of their manufacture. There they also employ fifty 
operatives, and produce their celebrated brands of fine-cut chewing and smoking 
tobacco, including the " Shield " chewing tobacco, which has attained such enviable 
prestige. The firm also occupy the two-story building No. 194 Mill street, 50x25 feet, 
as an office and storage -house. 

Messrs. R. Whalen & Co. manufacture from fifteen to eighteen thousand pounds a 
month of their own tobaccos, besides handling a large quantity of cigars, plug tobacco, 
etc., for other celebrated houses, of which they are agents. In plug tobacco they do 
a very extensive business for the Drummond Tobacco Company of St. Louis. The 
firm do a very large anri increasing business that places it among the leading houses 
of this kind in Western New York. All the members of the firm are Rochester men. 




HENRY RUNG,? 



Manufacturer of Patented liigUt-Metal Article"*. Punches, Dies, etc.— Xo. li'iX 

Mill St. 

In'.these days of uniutermittent invention there exists an urgent necessity for the 
services of skilful and experienced mechanics to make working models of such inven- 
tions and thus demonstrate their practical utility, and also to make the necessary 
caveat and patent at the U. S. patent office. Such a mechanic is Mr. Henry Rung, 
who is an adept at the manufacture of. experimental machines and models of all kinds, 
and who also makes patented light-metal articles of every description, and punches 
and dies. 

At his workshop in the Briggs building. No. 221 Mill street, he has a first-class 
plant of needful machinery for the prosecution of his business, which is principally 
local, but is very good and steadily increasing. He occupies one floor, and employs 
several skilled mechanics to assist him in filling his various and frequent orders. 



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211 



W. BUEDINGEN & SON 



Manufacturers of Photoia^raithio Albums. (Sample Cases and Fine L.eather 
Articles— Xo. 30 Fast Main St. 

This standard business house, 
which is composed of W. Buedin- 
gen and Carl Buedingen, the son of 
the senior partner, is located at No. 
30 East Main street, where they have 
an excellent plant of machinery and 
employ a number of skilled opera- 
tives. Both members of the firm are 
practical workmen of large experi- 
ence and extensive acquaintance 
with all the finer branches of the 
business, making a specialty of the 
finest work in their line. They 
make a superior line of sample cases 
which meet with much favor from 
commercial men. Portfolios and 
articles of various makes and uses 
m fancy leather are also extensively 
made by them, but the principal 
hue among their specialties is 
the magnificent quality of albums, 
embracing every description and in 
all sizes and styles. The business 
done by this house is good and stead- 
ily increasing, and although scat- 
tered over quite a large area of territory, is derived principally from Western New 
York, where their work is thoroughly well known and appreciated. 




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GENESEE TOBACCO WORKS, 



Manufacturers of Cigarettes— Xo. 63 Worth "Water St. 

The Americans who do not consume the narcotic plant in one form or another are 
in a very insignificant minority. It was to supply a portion of the vast demand oc- 
casioned by this almost universal use that the Genesee Tobacco Works were started 
in 1881, with the following gentlemen as officers : Mr. P. D. W. Clarke, president ; 
Mr. F. P. Allen, treasurer, and Mr. R. S. Clarke, secretary. The object of the organ- 
ization was the manufacture of cigarettes, and the invested capital at once placed the 
concern upon a good, sound commercial basis, and afforded the opportunity for ex- 
tensive transactions. The factory occupies five stories, each 50x100 feet, in the build- 
ing at No. 63 North W^ater street. It contains a plant which is unsurpassed in the 
country, and is supplied with every appliance necessary to the prosecution of success- 
ful operations on a very large scale. Upward of one hundred men are engaged upon 
the premises, and their number contains some of the most skillful workmen employed 
in the industry. The utmost care is exercised in the manufacture and in the elimina- 
tion of every foreign matter from the materials used. In the selection of the tobacco 
long experience is brought to bear with a very happy result. The chief objection to 
cigarettes is obviated in the productions of this house by the strict use of none but 
the purest rice paper. These cigarettes, which are turned out in quantities approach- 
ing the utmost daily capacity of 250,000, are of various qualities and descriptions. 
The firm's brands are all favorably known, the most celebrated being the "Golden 
Veil," a cigarette which is sold by almost every retailer in the country. The demand 
for these goods is continually enlarging, and emanates from every portion of the 
Union. This firm has enjoyed exceptional advantages in its large and well-handled 
capital, and the experience and abilities of its members. Their transactions have 
always been characterized by enterprise and a sound business policy. The Genesee 
Tobacco Works is one of those concerns for which it is safe to predict prosperity. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



J. AUSTIN SHAW, 



Nurseryman— Offit-e, 'So. 1 East Park. 




Among the oldest and leading nurserymen of this justly famous "flower " city, none 
have a higher or mor^ honorably acquired reputation than J. Austin Shaw. His 
business has been constantly increasing since its establisbment, until now there are 
few, if auy, whose sales aggregate a larger amount yearly. Mr. Shaw has for over 
fifteen years enjoyed close business relations with Chase Bros, in growing choice and 
new varieties of nursery stock, and controls exclusively the stock and sale of many 
valuable specialties, the principal being the " Mammoth " peach and " Bunker Hill " 
plum, both grand additions to the triumphs of horticultural enterprise and experi- 
ment. He has devoted all his time to the nursery business since 1871, and at the pres- 
ent has a force of over 150 salesmen employed, and his customers may be found in 
almost every State in the Union. 

His sales during the present season promise to reach the flattering total of over 
S100,000. His facilities are unexcelled. Everything that can add to the genuineness 
and excellence of his stock is secured. His packing grounds are the most complete 
in the State, and he guarantees satisfaction to those who deal with him. Many of 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 213 

his salesmen have been in his service for years. They are chosen with grreat care, and 
no one is employed whose character is not above reproach. So extensive are his sales 
in every direction that he has decided to establish another office in New York city in 
the fall of 1888, which he will personally supervise, retaining his present office in 
Rochester, under the title of J. Austin Shaw & Co., and giving Mr. J. Campbell Shaw, 
who has for many years been his bookkeeper and correspondent, an interest in hie 
business and the management of his office here. 

Mr. Shaw is a member of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce and vice-president 
of the Nurserymen's Association. 



CHARLOTTE IRON WORKS. 



Creorge B. iiiiiiith. President; A. >*. Clarke, Keoretary and Treasurer— Manii- 
faeturers of Aiitliraeite Pig Iron— Olliee. 3-13 Powers Bloek: Furnace at 
<'liarlotte. 

When the manufacture of iron is alluded to, the imagination at once reverts to 
Pennsylvania or the newly operated furnaces at Birmingham and Sheffield, Alabama. 
But in New York State there is no small amount of iron manufactured, and among 
those factors the Charlotte Iron Works bears an important part. The furnace of this 
company was built in 1868, and operated by the Rochester Iron Manufacturing Co. 
until 1878, when it was purchased by a syndicate of Rochester capitalists. In Sep- 
tember, 1879, the present company was incorporated with a capital stock of .S125,000. 

Upon the new company taking control, the works at Charlotte were thoroughly 
re-organized and extensively improved, at an expenditure of $70,000. The premises 
now embraced in the plant are some fourteen acres; the buildings are chiefly of brick 
and consist of a large and improved furnace house and stack, stock house and engine 
house. The motive power is furnished by a battery of twelve boilers 65 feet long, a 
three hundred and fifty horse-power engine, with wheels 24 feet in diameter, weighing 
some thirty-four tons each, with cylinders seven feet long and forty-two inches in 
diameter, and an air cylinder seven feet long and 90 inches in diameter is used for 
forcing air into the stack and for pumping purposes. Seven thousand cubic feet of 
air per minute is forced into the stack and from there to the hot blast ovens, which 
contain fifty-four pipes, 16 feet high and six inches inside diameter, the heat varying 
from 900 to 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. Fourteen thousand gallons of water per hour 
is used for supplying the boilers and keeping the water blocks cool. This is pumped 
from the Genesee river, some 600 feet distant, by the compound Worthing ton pumps 
in use on the premises. 

The amount of fuel, raw material, etc., which includes coal, coke and limestone, 
used daily averages from 200 to 250 tons. This is hoisted to the top of stack, a dis- 
tance of some 85 feet, by a double steam elevator. In the various departments con- 
nected with the furnace employment is given to eighty operatives at all seasons of 
the year. The present capacity of the furnace is from 50 to 60 tons of anthracite pig 
iron daily, which finds a ready sale in the Eastern, Middle and Western States. The 
class of ores used in its production are chiefly New York State, with a mixture of 
Lake Superior and other magnetic ores. These combinations produce a superior 
foundry iron, combining strength with fluidity, and is specially adapted for stove 
plate and the lightest or heaviest castings. Everything connected with the works 
is of the latest and most improved description, making it one of the most complete 
plants of the kind in the State. The location of the furnace as a shipping point is 
also highly desirable, the tracks of the New York Central (Charlotte branch) and the 
main line of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg railways passing the premises, spe- 
cial switches for the company's use connecting directly with the main line. Another 
decided advantage is the excellent dockage facilities for shipment by lake— this con- 
sists of a dock some 900 feet in length, at which vessels of the largest draught can 
load and unload. 

That the consumers of the product of this establishment appreciate the facilities 
possessed and also the grade of iron produced is apparent from the fact of the large 
orders constantly received, which are booked for delivery months in advance. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



BRETTELL & WILSON, 



t^ucoessors to Geo. E. Brettell— Maoliiiiistiii' TooIn. <weai' Cutting and (Special 
Machinery ; Planers a S^pecialty : General Maehine .lobbing, S^teani Pumps, 
Engines, Boilers and Machinery Built and Repaired— Manufacturers' Agents 
for Other Tools and Machinery— Corner River and Water Streets. 

This highly reputable firm, the component 
members of which but lately combined to 
do business, was established seventeen 
years ago under the style of F. 8. Brettell 
& Son. No change occurred in the manage- 
ment or name for ten years, when the suc- 
cession of Mr. Geo. E. Brettell altered both, 
the firm taking his name, which it has re- 
tained to the present. It will in future 
trade under the style of Brettell & Wilson, 
Mr. William A. Wilson having entered into 
partnership with the afore-mentioned gentle- 
man. The incoming partner brings an ex- 
tended experience to the business in having 
long and satisfactorily filled the position of foreman to the Woodbury Engine Co. 
Mr. Wilson's special knowledge has decided the house to add steam engine and 
boiler work to the business, and facilities for the contemplated extension in the oper- 
ations have been arranged accordingly. The transactions of the house consist in the 
manufacture and sale of machinists' tools, iron planers receiving particular atten- 
tion. These goods find a market in various parts of the country and are largely in 
request, the planers, of which a large number are disposed of annually, having a 
high reputation. The firm occupies a portion of the building at the corner of Water 
and River streets, where their fine iron-working machines are ever biisy, and their 
workmen fully employed. The business is in a thriving state, and the extensions 
that have been and are being made will greatly augment the already heavy business 
of the firm of Brettell & Wilson. 




MACK & CO. 



W. W. Mack. R. I^. Mack. \V. R. Mack and A. P. Mack— Manufacturers of the 
CelebratedlBrand of D. R. Barton Edge Tools— Xo. 18 Brown's Race. 

This industry was established by D. R. Barton in 1832, and after maintaining the 
business until 1866 in that year Messrs. Mack & Co. secured control of it, the firm 
comprising W. W. Mack, R. L. Mack, W. R. Mack and A. P. Mack. Their magnifi- 
cent plant covers three and one-half acres of ground, and in the buildings are em- 
ployed one hundred and fifty workmen and a comprehensive and complete line of all 
needful machinery for their manufacturing purposes therein utilized. Their work- 
men are all skilled mechanics, the majority of whom have been with this company 
for yearrs, and all their machinery is of the most approved and perfect make. 

Messrs. Mack & Co. are among the best known makers in this business, and by 
their succession to D. R. Barton certainly are among the oldest, their manufactures 
comprising only the highest grade of fine edge tools, such as chisels, hatchets, bits, 
axes, etc.; and they also make a superior class of pump-tools, etc. The D. R. Barton 
brand of tools is known all over the world, and all over the world is where the busi- 
ness of this firm extends. As an evidence of the superiority of the articles of their 
manufacture over all others, it may be cited that this firm received awards at the 
Centennial and at other expositions. 

Business with this firm is exceedingly good and is constantly increasing. To fill 
orders outside of the regular trade the house finds it necessary to always carry a 
stock of the various articles of their manufacture, valued at upward of $100,000, and 
in the production of such articles one hundred tons of high-grade steel and two hun- 
dred tons of Swedish iron are annually used. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



215 



THE NEW MODEL CRANDALL TYPEWRITER. 



Franklin S. ii^tebMns, 201 and 80a Ellwanser & Barry Building, iiitate St. 

Among the valuable improvements in all 
branches of business there is none more 
marked or more useful than the improvement 
in the machinery for writing with type. 

The typewriter is coming into universal 
use, not only in business and the professions, 
but in families also. Its cost is but a trifle; 
it requires no teacher, and it is really more 
useful than a piano, because by it our sons 
become proficient in one of the most neces- 
sary qualifications of business, and onr 
daughters for employment in counting-rooms 
and offices. Formerly those seeking employ- 
ment were required to give specimens of 
handwriting; ?tozr the question is, "Have you 
a typewriter, and can you work it rapidly?" On the answer much depends. 

The points of the Crandall are that its price is so low as to bring it within the 
means of nearly every family. It combines the excellences of the earlier typewriters 
and avoids their defects. Its type can be removed and a new style inserted in a 
moment — a great advantage. Its writing is always in plain sight of the operator, even 
to the last letter. This is a great convenience and advantage. The alignment is per- 
fect. This excellent machine is worthy close examination and trial. 




Idarcade photo company. 



liandscape and Commercial Photographers— Specialties : Buildings, ilflachin- 
•'ry. Liivc Stock and Interior Views— Xos. 92, 03 and 94 Arcade. 

The services of the landscape and commercial photographer are in steadily in- 
creasing request, and the time is not far distant when this most useful branch of the 
art will vie in popularity and general utilization with that of the portrait photog- 
rapher, who has supplanted the artist painter in that field. One of the most success- 
ful and prominent photographic houses in this country is the Arcade Photo Com- 
pany, established in 1881 and occupying the three commodious rooms Nos. 92, 93 and 
94 Arcade, Rochester. The principal member of the company has had thirty-five 
years' experience in his business; hence his capacity can be readily estimated. Their 
specialties embrace every description of landscape, residence, factory, machinery, 
parlor, hall, store and other interior views, in any desired size from 6^x8+ to 24x28 
inches. Equipped with a complete line of the finest improved instruments and em- 
ploying only capable and experienced artists, they are prepared to guarantee satis- 
faction in every instance. Orders are promptly executed, and moderate prices are 
the rule. 



ROCHESTER BRIDGE WORKS. 



J. F. Alden, ^Manager and Proprietor— Bridge Builders— East Rochester. 

The Rochester Bridge Works have built a large number of iron bridges, viaducts, 
trestle-work, approaches, etc., for the New York Central & Hudson River, the West 
Shore, the Chicago & Northwestern, the Boston & Maine and other railroads, speci- 
mens of their work being shown in all parts of the United States and Canada, giving 
the utmost satisfaction to those for whom they were constructed. 

The premises in Rochester comprise a large plant, covering four acres, whereon is 
a main building, 350x150 feet, of brick and one story high, with two wings each 225x 
50 feet. Four hundred workmen and a magnificent plant of powerful iron-working 
machinery of the most approved pattern are employed. 

This large and flourishing enterprise was founded by Thomas Leighton in 1872. 
Painstaking and thorough in every trifle, the Rochester Bridge Works achieve per- 
fection, and perfection is no trifle. 



216 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



H. SCHWARZ & CO., 



9Iaker»i of Fine and Artistic Clothing— Xos. ©O and ©8 Mill St. 

This representative house is a monument to the bright capacity and enduring 
energy of its founders. In 1862 the brothers Schwarz, natives of Prussia, came to 
Rochester, and commenced the clothing business upon a modest scale. Slowly but 
surely the enterprise grew and expanded, until in 1883, when the present firm, Henry 
and Max Schwarz, succeeded. The house occupies very extensive premises, consist- 
ing of five floors and basement, 40x150 feet, of a fine iron and brick fire-proof build- 
ing. It is very completely fitted up, having steam heat, elevator, perfect ventilation, 
speaking tubes, and indeed every appliance that could expedite the business or add to 
the fomfort of the employes. The building is conveniently apportioned into various 
departments as follows: In the basement are the sponging, packing and shipping 
rooms; on the first floor the airy, well lighted offices, cutting and receiving rooms; on 
the second floor the sample room; on the third and fourth floors the enormous and 
varied stock constantly carried, and above all the examining room. Upwards of 100 
hands are employed, and the routine is conducted with a speed and regularity reflect- 
ing credit upon all concerned. The operations are devoted exclusively to the pro- 
duction of line tailor-made and artistic clothing, for which this house has a standard 
reputation. The handsome trade mark of H. Schwarz & Co. is well known in the 
Middle and Eastern States, whence a rapidly growing trade is drawn. Mr. Henry 
Schwarz gives personal supervision to all the manufacture, being a thorough practical 
maker, as well as an excellent business man. 



UTZ & DUNN, 



Mannfactnrers of liadies'. Cients* and Misses' Shoes and Slippers— Sfos. 206 to 

[314 South St.JPaul St. 

It is only eight years since Messrs. H. J. Utz and W. H. Dunn combined their 
capital, experience and energy and embarked in the manufacture of shoes, at first on 
a small scale, but gradually enlarging their plant and increasing their facilities until 
they now require for their operations no less than 7,000 square feet of floor space, 
employ 105 people, and turn out on an average 425 pairs of shoes and slippers per 
diem. Their equipment of appliances is complete and includes everything of demon- 
strated value for expediting the work in hand. The specialties to which their estab- 
lishment is devoted embraces superior lines of McKay-sewed goods, ladies',misses' 
and gents' fine shoes and slippers in popular styles and of the highest grades of ma- 
terial and workmanship, beautifully finished, attractive, salable, substantial and ser- 
viceable. The firm also make an extensive line of warm goods for winter wear, which 
are sold in every state of the Union. Nothing that skill, care and practically unlim- 
ited resources can accomplish is left undone to render all goods made by this firm 
perfect in all essentials — a fact generally recognized by the trade, particularly at the 
West, where only combined solidity and style command patronage. 



ALBINE WISEMAN, 



Wholesale Manufacturer of All Kinds of Shoemakers' Tools, Patent Counter 
Peg Floats, Iron Revolving Lasts, etc.— Xo. 175 Xorth Water St. 

Rochester enjoys a world-wide fame as a shoe manufacturing center, and is also 
an important seat of the kindred industry of manufacturing shoemakers' and shoe 
dealers' tools and appliances. Perhaps the oldest concern of the kind here is that of 
Mr. Albine Wiseman, established in 1847, and which for twelve years past has occu- 
pied its present convenient and commodious quarters. No. 175 North Water street, 
employing at present several skilled workmen and a fine outfit of special machinery, 
designed expressly for this class of work. 

Mr. Wiseman's specialties, comprising full lines of superior shoemakers' tools of 
every description, patent counter peg floats, iron revolving lasts, edge irons for union 
edge-setting machines and hand-work, etc., are noted for excellence of design, mate- 
rial and workmanship. First-class goods only are turned out, and are handled by the 
jobbing trade exclusively. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 217 



H. KOHLMETZ & SON, 



Maclilnists and Blafk^iiiitliis— 31anufacturers of Fire Escapes. Baleoiiies. Iron 
IVork for Ituiltlinss. etc.— Xos. 17» and 1»1 \^ortli \%'ater St. 

The use of irou iu connection with architecture is steadily on the increase, and 
fortunate indeed are those who have for a long period been engaged in this industry, 
for the day of their reward is at hand. Among those pioneers who have exerted 
themselves most industriously and successfully to demonstrate the superiority and 
desirability of iron for many of the uses hitherto performed by wood in building is 
the firm of H. Kohlmetz k Son, the noted maohinists and architectural blacksmiths, 
of Nos. 179 and 181 North Water street, the concern having been founded in 1870 by 
the senior member. Mr. Charles E. Kohlmetz, a fine practical mechanic, reared to 
the business, was admitted in 1885, and has shown himself not only a superior work- 
man but an excellent business m m, in both respects emulating his estimable father. 

The works of the firm occupy two floors, 40x50 feet, of the Hydraulic building, at 
Nos. 179 and 181 North Water street, and are fitted up in excellent style with late 
improved machinery appropriate to the work done — lathes, drills, planers, screw- 
cutters, shears, presses, forges, etc. — all operated by water power. The specialties 
for which the house is noted include all late improvements in fire escapes, balconies, 
sidewalk elevators, bridge bolts, fences, doors, shutters and iron work geierally for 
buildings of every description. Samples of their work may be seen on the Ellwanger 
& Barry building, the Safe Deposit Company's building and other prominent 
Rochester stractures. 



F. E. BROWN, 



"Wholesale Dealer in Hemlock and Hard^vood liunilier. Hard and i^oft Kind- 
ling— Xo. 24 Olean St. 

Nothwitbstanding the substitution, wherever available, of other materials for build- 
ing purposes, the demand for lumber steadily augments, and there is really no more 
promising field for enterprise and investment than that presented by the lumber 
business, provided always that the party so embarking has experience, capacity and 
tact sufficient to carry on the business as it should be done. Of this class is Mr. F. E. 
Brown, who for the past three years has been located at No. 24 Olean street, where 
he has large storage yards and a neat office. Mr. B. does a wholesale trade exclusively, 
confining himself to hemlock and hardwoods, and is not, therefore, compelled 
to carry a heavy stock at this point, filling orders direct from the mills of J. C. Brown 
& Co., over the line iu Pennsylvania. He has the run of these mills, and is prepared 
to fill large orders at short notice for choice hemlock, oak, ash, etc., rough or dressed, 
at prices as low as can be quoted by any dealer in this market. He is also a heavy 
dealer in kindling wood, hard or soft, which he supplies at wholesale or retail on 
reasoaable terms. Builders, retail lumber dealers, aad the trade generally, will find 
Mr. Brown a prompt, accommodating and reliable business man. 



H. H. BABCOCK & CO., 



■Wholesale and Itetail I>ealers in Anthracite and Bituminous Coals— Principal 
Oflice. Xo. 5 West llain St.; Yards and Branch Offices. Cornei* West Main 
and Washington Sts., and Corner Xortli'St. and X. Y. C. K. R. 

The base of supplies of a populous and busy manufacturing region, Rochester is 
necessarily a great coal market, the transactions involving vast capital and the employ- 
ment of large numbers of men. In the front rank of the trade here is the old house 
of H. H. Babcock & Co., No. 5 West Main street, established in 1868, and composed 
of Messrs. H. H. Babcock, the father, and C. H. Babcock. the son. The firm have 
commodious yards and brauch offices at West Main and Washiugton streets and at 
the intersection of North street and the New York Central railway. They handle 
both soft and hard coal, receiving by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railway 
and distributing as required, their sales extending to the western parts of the State, 
and consisting for the most part of car-load lots. Both father and sou are native 
New Yorkers and enjoy the confi lence and esteem of the community. 



218 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

THE P. COX SHOE MANUFACTURING CO., 



p. Cox, President and Treasurer; John F. Swan, Secretary— Factories, Roch- 
ester and Fairport, Sf.Y.; Salesrooms, Xo. 7S Reade St., Xew Y'ork, and Ko. 
199 Fast Madison St., Chicago— Office and Rochester Factory, Xos. 133 to 
139 ]«orth Water St. 

Rochester owes much of her fame as a shoe manufacturiug center to the gentle- 
man who gives a name to the above company. Mr. Cox in 1868 embarked in business 
for himself as head of the firm of P. Cox & Brothers. The present concern was in- 
corporated in 1883, with a cash capital of S500,0U0 and Mr. Cox as president and 
treasurer, and under his skillful direction it has become a power in the shoe trade, 
employing 450 operatives here and 400 at Fairport and turning out considerably over 
$1,000,000 worth of finished goods per annum. The Rochester factory is a huge six- 
story affair, 75x75 feet, equipped in every department with the latest improved 
machinery, operated by a 10 J horse-power steam engine, and in all respects a model 
establishment from basement to roof. 

The house produces diversified lines of high-grade goods, embracing ladies', 
misses', children's, boys' and youths' shoes in tbe finest qualities and medium grades. 
These goods are well and favorably known everywhere, and need no commendation 
to the trade, Avho are familliar with their merits. 



PERRIN FURNITURE CO.. 



Manufactnrers of Chairs and Parlor Furniture— Torner Water and River Sts. 

One of the oldest and best known houses iu Rochester is the Perrin Furniture 
Company, whose reputation for special goods is widespread. The concern was organ- 
ized in 1865 by its present members, E. W., Fred and Charles Perrin, since when it 
has taken a prominent part in the promotion of the industry. The premises of tbe 
company are conveniently situated at Water and River streets, and its machinery is 
run constantly at its full capacity in conjunction with a complete and skillful staff 
of employes. The factory is one of the best appointed in the city, and, consequently, 
its productions are of an uniformly high order of excellence, and command good prices 
in the market. The business of the house is entirely of a wholesale character, and 
embraces the manufacture of tables, rockers, chairs, in fact, every variety of parlor 
and art furniture in hard woods, upholstered, in the production of which by highly 
skilled workmen the greatest beauty of design, artistic appearance, and finished 
workmanship are displayed. The gentlemen interested in this concern are Rochester 
men of high reputation and public character, whose future career will be watched 
with interest by the community in the interests of which they have so often and 
actively engaged themselves. 



WILLIAMS & HOYT. 



W. Williams and Charles E. Hoy t— Manufacturers of Fine Shoes— Foot of Center 
St.— Branch House. Bio. 14!i Huane St., Xew York City. 

A leading house in the shoe industry of this country is that of Messrs. Williams 
& Hoyt. The business was established by the present firm iu 1872, their works being in 
the Lambert building, but about 1886 they removed to their present location at the 
foot of Center street. There the firm has a magnificent establishment, occupying 
seven floors, 50x100 feet. This building is equipped with a very complete line of 
shoe manufacturing machinery, by the aid of which and the four hundred oper- 
atives employed a vast quantity of boys', youths', misse-s'. children's and infants' tine 
shoes are turned out that are sold all over the United States. From 1,300 to 1.500 
pairs per diem is the usual output, of the better quality of shoes, known as the "fine 
medium line." In order to the more realily reach the trade in the Eastern States, New 
Jersey, New York city and Brooklyn, a wholesale department has been established 
at No. 142 Duane street. New York city. Business with this firm is very prosperous 
and augurs well to c>jntinue so. At all times their factory has been run to its full 
capacity. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 219 

CHASE & CO., 



Merchant Millers— Arcade Roller Mills— No. 5 Aqueduct »t. 

The "Old Bed Mill," one of the pioneer institutioDB of Rochester, is remembered 
by all old citizens. It was a famous mill in its dav, and nobly performed its part in 
making for this city its ancient sobriquet of the " Flour City" — a title which she en- 
joyed for a long period ere the great wheat-growing and milling centers were removed 
beyond the Mississippi. It was torn down along in the sixties, having become too an- 
tiquated for the times, and replaced by the present Arcade roller mills, the property 
of Mr. John H. Chase under whose directions they were constructed. The Arcade 
mills are of stone, four stories in height, 50x180 feet, are fitted up with the latest im- 
provements in roller flouring machinery, operated by water power, and are noted for 
the excellence of their prodvict, which comprises some of the most popular brands on 
the market, amon? them the celebrated "Bridal Wreath," "Crown Prince" and 
" White Eose," winter wheat flours, than which it would be impossible to make higher 
or more acceptable grades, as is shown by the steady demand for them, from the East- 
ern States especially, the trade and the discriminating housewives of that section 
having long since placed upon them the seal of their approval. The capacity of the 
Arcade mills is 200 barrels per day, or 60,000 barrels annually, and the services of 
fifteen men are required at all seasons. 

Mr. Chase, who is one of Rochester's most prominent and influential citizens and 
a leading member of the Chamber of Commerce, is also head of the firm of Chase, 
Hibbard & Co , proprietors of the Elmira mills, 200 barrels daily capacity, at El- 
mira, N. Y. 

LOUIS ERNST*& SON, 



Retail Dealers in Hardware— Xo. Ji» E.^Main Wt. 

This hoiase was established in 1856, by the present senior partner and Mr. Seifried, 
under the firm name of Ernst & Seifried. Mr. Ernst sold his interest in the business 
to Mr. Seifried in 1869. then established a new store on his individual account directly 
afterward and carried it on until 1878, when he admitted his son, Mr. Louis J. Ernst, 
to partnership, and the firm name was changed to Louis Ernst & Son, as at present. 

The premises occupied is the first floor of the brick building No. 29 East Main 
street, and there a large and complete assortment of hardware, etc . is carried, includ- 
ing a fine line of mechanics' tools and builders' hardware, of which two latter items 
the firm makes a specialty. Their trade is very good and growing constantly, being 
derived principaJly from the western part of the State. 

Mr. Louis Ernst was born at Baden Baden and came to this city in 1831, and has 
since resided here continuously, earning the deserved reputation of being one of the 
most popular of our German-American citizens and a most efficient business man. 
Mr. Louis J. Ernst is a native of Rochester and a courteous and objiging gentleman. 



G. W. CROUCH, JR., 



"Wholesalejand Retail Lumber Dealer— Cor. Main and Ooodnian Sts. 

One of the most enterprising and successful of Rochester's more recently estab- 
lished lumbermen is Mr. G. W. Crouch, jr., whose seven acres of storage yards, exten- 
sive planing mill andlargedry kilns at the intersection of Main and Goodman streets, 
are as well-known as any business plant in the city. In addition to his facilities here, 
however, Mr. C. owns and operates a fine saw-mill in Pennsylvania, manufacturing 
much of his own stock. He employs forty men at his yards here, and handles every 
description of pine, hemlock and hardwood lumber, which is supplied to the trade 
and consumers in large or small quantities, rough or dressed, at lowest market qiTO- 
tations, promptly and in ffood shape. He also manufactures and keeps couetantlyon 
hand complete lines of shingles, latbs, fence posts, pickets, etc. Mr. Crouch was bred 
to the lumber business. He was formerly connected with the firm of Craig & Crouch, 
later of G. W. & C. T. Crouch & Sons, and finally embarked on his individual account 
in 1884. He handles at this city from 6,000,000 to 7,000.000 feet annually, and is in 
a popular and prosperous condition. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. 



220 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



THE CUTLER MANUFACTURING CO., 

Sole Bf akers of U. S. Mail Chutes for Office Buildings— J. ^Vaireii Cutler, 
Manager— Roeliester. X. V. 

This magnificent de- 
vice, whose utility and 
practical indispensability 
has been so thoroughly 
proven, was invented and 
patented in 1882 by J as. 
G. Cutler. Since that 
time it has been found 
necessary to add some 
minor improvements, also 
patented, which have 
made the Cutler U. S. 
Mail Chute practically 
perfect. That this state- 
ment is absolutely war- 
ranted is attested by the 
special award given this 
device at the New Orleans 
Exposition, where it was 
exhibited pursuant to the 
request of the Postmaster- 
General, and also from 
the fact that it received a 
silver medal at the Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio, Exposition 
in 1884. 

By reference to the 
illustration herewith, its 
method of working will 
be readily understood,and 
it is only necessary to let 
the imagination construct 
as many additional stories 
to the building as may be 
desired to understand the 
immense amount of time 
and labor this device 
saves with each additional 
story the building may 
possess. The mail chute 
itself is made of metal 
and plate glass, h a n d- 
somely finished, which 
runs up through the en- 
tire building, and is pro- 
vided with apertures on 
each story, wherein the 
tenants of offices, and 
i'; others can deposit their 
mail, which b> means of 
the chute is carried safely 
I and directly into the U. 
S. maii-boxon the ground 
I floor, whence it is taken 
I by the mail-carrier of col- 
; lection to the post-office. 
This is done by special 
authorization of the post- 
master- geneial, another 
testimony to the absolute 
efficacy of this device and 
its complete security for 
mail matter deposited 




THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



221 



therein. In the present age of multi -storied buildings, no builder or owner of such 
edifice has all the needful and convenient appliances unless the Cutler U. S. Mail Chute 
is in use therein — a device as necessary for the business man as is the elevator. The 
Equitable Life building, Nevv^ York city, with some six thousand tenants, utilizes 
three chutes; also having chutes in the buildings of the Equitable Life Assurance 
Society in Boston and St. Louis. The magnificent Rookery building, in Chicago, has 
two chutes ; the Home Insurance building, Phcenix, Calumet, Gaff and Opera-house 
buildings, Chicago, all of which are of eight or more stories ; the Mills building, Aid- 
rich Court and Standard Oil Company's buildings. New York city ; Brown Brothers' 
and Bullitt buildings, Philadelphia ; the Mitchell building, Cincinnati ; the Howe 
building, St. Louis ; the Herrick and Lowrie buildings, Minneapolis ; the Kenyon 
building, Louisville ; German-American Bank building, St. Paul ; Pendall building, 
Washington; Merchants' Bank and Globe buildings, IBoston, and the Powers' block 
and Wilder building, in this city, are among those who use and unqualifiedly eulogize 
this labor-saving mailing system. 

The following letter from the Assistant Postmaster at Chicago, where the greatest 
number of the Cutler U. S. Mail Chutes are in use, shows what such officials think of 
its utility : 

Office of the Post Master, Chioago, III., Oct. 28, 1887. 

The Cutler Manufacturing Co., Rochester, N. Y.: 

Gentlemen— It gives us pleasure to testify, at your request, to the perfect operation of the U. 8. 
Mail Chute placed in the Home Insurance building and the Rialto building, in this city. The volume 
of mail in these two buildings is very great, and the chutes have been very severely tested. The_ de- 
vice is an excellent one, of great value to the post-olfice as well as to the public, and should come into 
general use with as little delay as possible. Very respectfully yours, 
Henry F. Donovan, General Supt. City Delivery. Collins 8. 8quires, Assistant Postmaster. 



THOMSON & KENFIELD, 



Dealers in Bicycles. Tricycles and Accessories— X^o. 9* S. St. Paul St. 

The bicycle and tricycle are coming into such 
general use, not only for exercise and pleasur- 
ing but even as recognized legitimate vehicles, 
that the trade increases rapidly each year, and 
manufacturers on both sides of the Atlantic vie 
with each other in the improvement of "the 
silent steed." Every considerable town in the 
United States has its 'cycle depot — some of 
them have several — and Rochester is no excep- 
tion to the rule. The leading establishment of 
the kind here is that of Thomson & Kenfield, 
No. 92 South St. Paul street, one of the elegant 
ground floor stores of the Osburn House 
block. These gentlemen commenced handling 
bicycles in a small way in 1883, and by giving 
close attention to the wants of buyers have 
liuilt up a very large and prosperous business 
in Rochester and vicinity, selling hundreds of 
machines and quantities of accessories annually. 
Thomson k Kenfield are agents at this point 
for the Rudge bicycle and tricycle, of which 
Stoddard, Lovering & Co., Boston, are sole gen- 
eral agents for the United States, and carry a 
fine stock of these celebrated machines. They are also agents of the Overman 
Wheel Company of Boston, manufacturers of the justly famous "Victor" bicycles 
and tricycles, claimed to possess points of superiority over all others on the market. 
We have not space to go into the merits of the machines named, nor is it necessary, 
since Messrs. Thomsoo & Kenfield supply all desired information, illustrated cata- 
logues, etc. Sufiiee it to say that they are prepared to furnish from stock any grade 
of machine desired, at prices ranging from 825 to $250, and to make repairs when re- 
quired. Both are New Yorkers by birth, young, energetic and industrious, and last 
year efPected sales exceeded by only two similar houses in this country. 




222 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



THE CLARK NOVELTY CO., 



Contractors and Mantifaoturers of Metal Specialties. Small Machinery .'etc.— 
Charles H. «'lark. Maiiagrer: AVilliam "SQHall. Special Partner— Xo. 1» 
Aqueduct St. 

Although young in years, the Clark Novelty Company has by dint of enterprising 
efPort and careful attention to the details of business established an extensive and 
growing trade with all parts of the United States. The company's factory is in the 
Bee Hive building. No. 18 Aqueduct street. The machinery, which is all after the 
newest styles, is very interesting in its operation, and consists of dies, lathes and 
iron-working machiues of great capacity. The work done necessitates the employ- 
ment of the highest grade of skill, and of such the staff is entirely composed, all 
under the strict supervision of Manager Charles H. Clark. The company's trade in 
small machinery and metal specialties is very large and rapidly developing. They 
also do a very extensive business in contract work upon patent articles, and give 
especial attention to all kinds of brass work. Experimental work for inventors is 
one of the features of the business, for the satisfactory execution of which the com- 
pany has superior facilities. There is a large and continually extending scope in the 
United States for such work as the Clark Novelty Company performs, and the prog- 
ress of the house since its inception two years ago is conclusive evidence that it will 
avail itself to the full of its exceptional opportunities. 



JOHN DUFNER & SON, 



Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in Lasts. Crimps. Seam Rubbers, 
and Patent Boot and Shoe Trees— Xo. 63 South St. Paul St. 

Messrs. John Dufner & Son enjoy the distinction of being the oldest established 
house in their line of business in Rochester, the firm dating back as far as 1857. Since 
that time enterprise and energy have gradually steered the fortune of the house to 
the proud position of the largest in the United States and British America. The 
factory, which is situated at No. 63 South St. Paul street, contains some of the finest 
■wood-working machinery in the country, capable of turning out 1,000 pairs of lasts 
weekly. The demand upon them most of the time taxes their capacity to the fullest 
extent. Although much the greater portion of the firm's business consists in the man- 
ufacture of lasts, their trade in crimps and seam rubbers is large and continually de- 
veloping. 

The endeavor of the firm, in which it has been highly successful, to invariably 
turn out one class of goods, and that the best, has resulted in the cordial and in every 
way satisfactory relations existent between themselves and those with whom they 
have dealings. 

D. s. Mclennan & co.. 



Impoi-ters, Jobbers and Retailers of Tobacco. Cigars. Cigarettes, Smokers' 
Ciioods, etc.— Xo. a7« East llain St. 

One of the promising new mercantile ventures inaugurated within the past few 
years is that of D. S. McLennan & Co., established in 1886. The firm is composed of 
Messrs. D. S. McLennan and N. S. Phelps, experienced tobacco men, for many years 
connected with the great house of W. S. Kimball & Co. Both are energetic, enter- 
prising and public-spirited business men, well-known and popular. The firm have 
an elegantly appointed, commodious and -eligibly situated store, sales and wareroom 
at No. 276 East Main street, where may be seen one of the largest and finest stocks 
of fine chewing and smoking tobaccos, cigars, cigarettes, pipes, smokers' articles aud 
fancy goods pertaining to the trade ever shown in Rochester, including complete lines 
of choice Havana cigars, Turkish tobaccos, and rare foreign novelties in amber and 
meerschaum of their own importation. Doing a general jobbing as well as retail 
business, they are prepared to fill orders for city or shipping trade at lowest current 
prices and on the most favorable terms. The trade and consumers will find this an 
A 1 house to deal with. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 223 



HOWE & ROGERS, 



Wholesale and Retail Dealeivs in Carpets. KuifN, Oil t'iotlis, Iiinoleunis, etc.— 
JioH.HU !!itate an«l 55 and 57 3IiII Nt.s. 

This is the largest and most attractive carpet house iu the State outside of the 
metropohs, and ranks with the largest in the country. The retail department, occu- 
pying Nos. 80 State and 55 & 57 Mill streets, comprising about three-fourths of an acre 
of floor space is a magnificent bazaar of all that is rich and beautiful in carpetings, rugs, 
floor oil cloths, linoleums, rubber, textile and fibre mattings, etc., including the rarest 
importations of Axmiuster gobelins, Wiltons, moquettes, velvet Brussels and ingrains, 
Turkish, Persian and Smyrna rugs, from the most celebrated looms, of the latest pat- 
terns, and in a profusion that proves at once the popularity of the house and the vast 
extent of its trade. No Western New York residence, making any pretensions to 
luxury and fashion, is considered complete unless its carpets and kindred furnish- 
ings are known to ha^e come from this grand emporium, and the number of elegant 
houses so fitted up by Messrs. Howe & Rogers is beyond computation. 

The wholesale department is full and complete with the various grades of goods, 
supplied at the lowest jobbing prices. 

Messrs. John H. Howe and Clinton Rogers came to Rochester from Massachu- 
setts in 1856, and one year later embarked in the carpet trade on a small scah . 
Industrious, upright and prompt, they have built up their present superb business, 
employing forty people and controlling a large patronage all over Western and Cen- 
tral New York. As might be supposed, both are energetic co-operators with the 
Chamber of Commerce. 

MICHELSEN & HOPPE, 



Manufacturers of Marble and >Vood Top Centre Tables and Fine Cabinet 
Furniture— Xo. ^36 Korth ^Vater St. 

Three years of enterprising labor have sufficed to place the firm of Michelsen & 
Hoppe in a leading position in the furniture industry and to secure them a first-class 
reputation with the trade. The house is conveniently located at No. 236 North Water 
street, of which building they occupy three floors fille;! with excellent machinery of 
great capacity. In addition the factory contains every appointment that can in any 
way expedite the production of fine furniture. A number of skilled workmen, under 
the able direction of Mr. Michelsen, who has the exceptional advantage of twenty- two 
years' experience in the business, devote their energies to the production of marble 
and wood-top center tables and fine cabinet furniture. The house is noted for the 
perfect finish and artistic appearance of its output, which reaches a very high figure 
annually and finds its way to all parts of the United States. As may be inferred, the 
house is doing a very prosperous business, which has every indication of considerable 
immediate enlargement. The gentlemen interested in this concern, Mr. Paul Michel- 
sen and Mr. Andrew Hoppe, are known as liberal-minded citizens and highly capable 
men of business. 

CHARLES S. ELLIS, 



Arebiteet— 43a and 434 Powers Block. 

There are few professions whose members are required to constantly keep a little 
advanced of the times by earnest study and cosmopolitan reading more than archi- 
tects. And, in addition, during the present age of cultured taste and desire for homes 
of architectural beauty and domestic convenience, there are no people whose brains 
have to work more earnestly and assiduously than those of architects. 

Mr. Ellis is well-known in his business and individual life ; and, as an architect, is 
known by the originality and stability of the buildings he has designed and erected 
all over the American continent. In this city he has planned and built several large 
business blocks and fine private residences. He designed the Rochester Car Wheel 
Works ; the new building for the' Stein Manufacturing Company, on Exchange street, 
illustrated in this work ; the Archer block, on St. Paul street; the Ellsworth residence, 
on East avenue ; the annex to the County Insane Asylum ; the Johnson Harvester 
Works, at Batavia ; Grace church, at Scottsville, etc. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



HUGHSON & SULLIVAN, 



Manufacturers of Carriages. Buggies and Cutters— Factory. 
Brighton; Repository, 8fo. 7^ ^Vest Main St. 



East Ave.. 




If there is anything in 
the hne of luxuries upon 
which, more than any other, 
the ambitious American 
sets his heart when he cuts 
loose from paternal restric- 
tions to " go it alone," it is 
a stylish turnout — a team 
that can trot in 2:40 and a 
light carriage or road wagon 
to match. True, the great 
majority fall short, but not 
a few succeed, and where 
that success is achieved 
honestly and fairly, the rest 
of us have no right to 
cherish bitterness or envy; 
most of us can walk or ride 
in a hired vehicle. But we 
did not intend to write a 
homily; we simply desire 
to direct attention to one of the completest and most popular carriage-making concerns 
in the country — certainly the largest and most extensively patronized in Rochester — 
namely, Hughson & Sullivan, whose elegant repository at No. 75 West Main street, 
25x90 feet, is an attractive feature of that leading thoroughfare. A magnificent line 
of fine light vehicles is constantly on exhibition here, and purchasers can either select 
from stock on hand or leave orders to be shipped directly from the factory, with the 
assurance that directions will be faithfully followed in material, workmanship and 
finish. The factory on East avenue, Brighton (a suburb of the city), is an extensive 
one, equipped in every department with the latest and best improved tools, machinery 
and appliances, run by steam, and employs seventy-five carefully selected workmen. 
The buildings are three in number, the principal one four stories, 50x200 feet, while 
all are conveniently arranged with a view to the performance of much first-class work 
with great economy — it being the boast of the firm that they manufacture the best 
light carriage, buggy, surrey and cutter for the least money. 

These works were established by Mr. K. A. Hughson in 1878. January 1 of the 
present year Mr. T. J. Sullivan was admitted and the present firm name adopted. 
Both parties are native New Yorkers and well-known residents of Rochester, indus- 
trious, energetic, enterprising and excellent businessmen. Their increased prosperity 
seems assured. Their output is to be found all over the United States, and it ranks 
with the best manufactures of other cities. 



THOMAS LOWERY, 



Machine Forging and Blac.ksmithing— Xos. 1G5 and 167 Mill St. 

Mr. Thomas Lowery, a native of, Rochester, is well-known to the manufacturing 
community as a first class practical machinist, experienced and reliable. He estab- 
lished himself on his own account at No. 234 Mill street in 1886, removing to Nos. 165 
and 167 the present year, and, well equipped for turning out every description of 
machine forging and blacksmithing in superior style, is building up an excellent 
trade, principally of a local character. Mr. Lowery 's shop, .'JOxGO feet, is fitted up 
with special reference to fine work of all kinds in his line with steam forges, steam 
power, aad all requisite appliances. Those having occasion for the services of a 
thoroughly skilled workman should give him a call. He makes a specialty of machine 
forging, and does much of the best work required by leading manufacturers of iron 
goods, metal plates, and others. Every description of fine steel and iron forging is 
done to order in the best style, quickly and at moderate rates. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 225 



WHITCOMB HOUSE. 



1%'Iiitcomb A Do^vns, Proprietors— Xos. !i06 to 316 E. 9Iain St. 

The Whitcomb is one of the most celebrated and generously supported hotels in 
the State, and with good reason, for it has always been conducted with special refer- 
ence to the wants of that portion of the human family upon whom it must depend 
for a support, namely, the public who travel rather on business than for pleasure and 
care more for quiet, solid comfort, good beds and substantial, well-cooked food, than 
for glitter and show. Not but what the Whitcomb is both handsome and attractive 
in appearance and appointments, for it is surpassed by few hotels in those respects, 
but outward show and pretentious display are the least of its merits. 

The Whitcomb was opened in 1872, by the late A. G. Whitcomb, and was leased 
in 1874 to Messrs. Crouch & Crittenden. A year later Mr. Crittenden retired and 
the firm became Whitcomb & Crouch, and so continued until 1885, when it changed to 
Whitcomb & Coats, and, on the admission of Mr. James Downs in the fall of the 
same year, to Whitcomb, Coats & Co. The last change was made in 1886, when Mr. 
Coats retired and the present style — Whitcomb & Downs — was adopted. The house, 
fronting on East Main street and including Nos. 206, 208, 210, 212, 214 and 216, is an 
ornament to that part of the city, four stories in height, 130 feet front by 200 feet 
deep. On the ground floor are the sample, reading and billiard rooms, oflBce and bar- 
ber-shop, and in rear the store-rooms, pantry, kitchen, etc. Up one flight from the 
office, on the second floor, are the main hall, parlors, and great dining-room capable 
of seating 110 people at once. On this floor are a number of apartments arranged 
en suite, while on the third and fourth floors are the single and double bed-rooms, 
the house containing in all 125, elegantly and comfortably furnished, carpeted, cur- 
tained and decorated, provided with soft, rest-inspiring beds, hot and cold water, 
electric bells and incandescent lights, heated by steam, cheerful and cosy. The office 
and dining-room floors are paved with tiles, elevators save all stair-climbing, elec- 
tricity sheds a flood of light everywhere, and, in addition to the substantial, fire- 
proof method of construction, fire escapes and all other safegiiards are provided in 
abundance. 

Mrs. Whitcomb's connection with the house has continued for sixteen years, and 
no more popular or thoughtful landlady could be desired. Mr. Downs also has had 
large and varied experience, and is a favorite with travelers generally, the commercial 
class especially, who make this house headquarters. The manner in which it is con- 
ducted, no less than the reasonable charges — two dollars a day — have combined to 
make the Whitcomb one of the best patronized hoiises in Rochester or the entire 
country. 

JOSEPH H. POOL, 



Merchant Miller— Brown's Raoe. Foot of Factory Street. 

The fame of Roahester as a flour-manufacturing depot has been established for 
many years, and it was only the opening of the vast wheat fields of Minnesota that 
made Minneapolis the flour-producing centre of the United States. But that Minne- 
apolis can or does produce any better grade of flour than this city has never been 
claimed, for as good flour as is manufactured anywhere in the Union is made in 
Rochester. 

The oldest miller in the city is Mr. Joseph H. Pool, an Englishman by birth, and 
who has maintained the proverbial thrift and integrity of the native of that nation 
during all his extended and useful business career. He has been connected with the 
milling business for the past twenty-five years, and two years since (1885) built the 
largest mill in the city — the one he at present occupies — on Brown's race, at the foot 
of Factory street. This is a stone edifice, 50x150 feet, four stories in front and eight 
stories in rear, and equipped with the latest and most improved roller-process 
machinery. He emplojs ten experienced millers, and manufactures golden meal, 
fine meal, rye flour and standard brands of fine white wheat flour. His sales extend 
throughout the Eastern States, especially in New York and New Jersey, through the 
Southern States, and he also does a considerable export trade. In addition to the 
superior quality of his manufactures, Mr. Pool's well-known business and personal 
integrity have made him commercially and individually popular, and one of the most 
honored of Rochester's citizens. 



226 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



C. S. TOURTELLOT, 



General Agent for Central Xew York of tlie Provi«lent Savings Hfe Assuranee 
Soeiety of Xew Vork City— OlKees. 4501 anil «Oa Kllwanger & Barry Ftre- 
Proof Buildings. 

It has been our pleasure to critically examine life insurance companies, their re- 
ports, and, above all, their systems of transacting business. None of these have shown 
the careful study of the subject which appears in that of the Provident Savings Life. 
In formulating his Renewable Term Plan President Sheppard Homans has introduced 
the vast fund of knowledge on the subject of insurance, of which he alone is the for- 
tunate possessor, and he has offered to the public the great deside'-atum of lite insur- 
ance pure and simple, unattended by investment or banking. His plan is simply the 
application of common sense business principles to life insurance — a plan so clear, so 
devoid of intricate, confusing details, so economical, and yet so financially and mathe- 
matically sound as to at once arrest the attention and win the favor of all thinking 
men. 

The level premium of the old line company is open to the objection that it requires 
an outlay far in excess of the amount needed to obtain security and to cover the 
current cost of insurance. A large portion of the premium goes for what is technic- 
ally called the " reserve," but in reality is a payment this year to apply on cost of insur- 
ance in future years, when the policy holder may or may not be living, or if living, may 
or may not need the insurance. The aggregate of these over-payments now accumu- 
lated in the hands of the life companies doing business in this State is over $ 400,000,000, 
and strange as it may seem, not more than three out of each 100,000 policy holders 
will receive in insurance the equivalent of the portion he has contributed to that fund 
of $400,000,000. Many men are led to believe that this immense so-called " reserve " 
adds to the safety of the insurance, but such is not the case. The " reserve " is ren- 
dered necessary merely to enable the company to charge a level, unchanging premium, 
and instead of adding soundness to the company, lends the additional risk of banking 
and investment. In evidence of this fact, first : the company holding the largest 
amount of "reserve" by its last report shows less than .ISIOO.OO of assets to each 
$ 100.00 of liabilities; while one of the smaller companies exhibits over .$200.00 of assets 
to each $ 100.00 of liabilities. Second : Every failure of a regular life insurance com- 
pany has been due to the banking or investment portion of the business. 

As was well said by the Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts in his recent 
annual report : 

" A provident person will do wiser to buy his insurance of an insurance company 
and make his deposits, if he wishes to make investments of that character, with some 
regular savings institution, whose sole business is the administration of trust funds." 

Assessment associations of whatever kind, good, bad and indifferent, while they at 
first give insurance at a comparatively small expense, can furnish no guaranty, no in- 
surance of any definite amount, no regular policy contract, and the insurance at best 
is only a makeshift for the present. Their certificates of membership are policy con- 
tracts in so far only as they involve the payment of all assessments. The amount of 
this personal liability to pay assessments can never be fixed by the insured, nor even 
known by him in advance, and he has no way to escape the liability. Tuen again, 
these institutions do not secure their promises by any fixed, paid-up capital or sur- 
plus. Thus the indemnity promised is uncertain in amount and doubtful and unre- 
liable as to i^ayment. 

The Renewable Term Plan of the Provident Savings, devised by Mr. Homans, has 
surmounted all of these difficulties. Being one of the regular old-line companies, 
their policy guarantees a definite insurance, while the liability is entirely fixed on the 
side of the company. 

Under this plan each policy holder pays a premium sufficient merely to provide for 
the cost of his insurance during the term selected, which term may be one year, six 
months, or three months. The right is given in the policy contract to renew the in- 
surance for each successive term during the whole remainder of life, without medical 
re-examination or other formality, by fixed and definite payments. The premiums are 
equitably adjusted for each actual age attained to cover the cost of insurance during 
the current term paid for, including a moderate sum to provide for a necessary guar- 
anty fund available in case of epidemics or excessive mortality. Moreover, these stated 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



premium payments are reduced each year by any saving in the previous year, occa- 
eioned by favorable mortahty, while at the end of ten years, and at the end of eacli 
succeeding five years the surplus contributions to the guaranty fund by each poHoy 
remaining in force will be applied to further reduce the subsequent premiums. The 
expenses included in each renewal premium are limited to four dollars per annum on 
each 1 1,000 insured. 

By this means life insurance is furnished at its actual current cost, which cost by 
careful selection of sound risks, by careful management, and by all the safeguards 
suggested by the extended experience of its officers, is reduced to tbe lowest possible 
price consistent with absolute and unquestioned security. The actual cost is best 
shown by the appended statement, which we have taken from the books of Mr. Tour- 
tellot's agency : 

Policy No. 14,717 for $10,000, issued April 16th, 1885. on the hfe of a prominent 
business man of Kochester, age 45. Premium, Ist ytar, $190.40 ; 2nd year, as reduced 
by dividends, S149.20 ; cost 3rd year, $153.60 ; and 4th year, 1158.40. Total for four 
years' insurance, $651.60. A policy for the same amount in a level premium company 
would have required an annual premium of $379.70, which, after making a liberal 
allowance for dividends, would have made the cost of the four years' insurance 81,315.04, 
a saving in favor of the Provident Savings of $663.44, or something over 50 per cent, 
of total premium. 

Many prominent citizens of Kochester are insured in the Provident Savings. 
Among those whose policies average $10,000 each we note the following gentlemen : 
Hon. C. R. Parsons, David Hoy t. Charles F. Pond, Thomas Chester, E. H. Satterlee, Esq., 
R. A. Kenyon, Louis S. Chapin, I. S. Emery, Hon. J. S. Morgan, Oilman H. Perkins, 
S. H. Lowe, T. H. Husband, H. M. Ellsworth, Harvey D. Gordon, Wesley Mandeville, 
L. C. Lower, J. Clark Copelaud, Prof. George D. Olds and S. F. Hess. The fire t eight 
of the gentlemen named have voluntarily joined in a letter to General Agent Tour- 
tellot, in wliich they say : " Our experience as policy holders confirms our belief tbat 
this company, while giving the same security as the other regular old-line companies, 
furnishes life insurance at its current cost without obliging policy holders to make 
payments for investment purposes. We consider this a desirable feature in life in- 
surance, and commend it and the company to the favorable consideration of business 
men." 

General Agent C. S. Tourtellot is a native of Ithaca, N. Y., where he resides. His 
offices, however, are located on the front of the sixth floor of the Ellwanger & Barry 
block, No. 39 State street, Rochester — an elegantly appointed establishment, central 
and convenient, whence he directs the many local agencies of Central New York. 
Polite, accomplished and energetic, he is conferring immense service, not only upon 
his company but upon the public generally. 



JAS. GORSLINE, 



Proprietor Hygienic Mills— Manufacturer of Roller Process dirahaiii anrt 
Entire \%'lieat Flour and Granulated Corn Meal— ^Jos. 28<» and 288 l.ake Ave. 

Modern improvements in processes enable the miller to produce much better, 
more palatable and more wholesome grain foods than were possible under the old 
regime of the buhr millstone. This is seen, not only in the beautiful and delicious 
fine white flour now .so common, but in the delicious, easily-digested, health-giving 
and universally popular Graham and entire wheat flours and granulated corn meal, 
rapidly growing in favor and coming into general use. 

Among the most progressive and successful of those who have given attention to 
the improvement of cereal products is Mr. Jas. Gorsline, an experienced miller, pro- 
prietor of the Hygienic Mills, Nos. 286 and 288 Lake avenue, Rochester. These mills, 
50x85 feet, three ttories, and built of frame, were established in 1884 by Kelly, Godley 
& Co., who were succeeded by J. O. Kelly & Co., Mr. Gorsline becoming proprietor in 
1886. The equipment, roller process and gradual reduction, is first-class and 
embraces all modern improvements, and the capacity is 140 barrels per day, the 
specialties including "Kelly's Danaville" Graham flour, " Entire Wheat " flour and 
a superior grade of granulated corn-meal, all of which are extremely salable through- 
out this and the Eastern States, where they are highly esteemed by the best classes 
of consumers. Mr. Gorsline is a native of Rochester, widely known and much 
respected. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



GEO. C. WHIPPLE, 



"IVholesale and Retail Dealer in Furniture and <^arpets— Wos. 136 and 138 
^V. DIain !git.. bet. S^ophia and VVasliingtou. 

Of the local furniture men, none are more popular 
than Mr. Geo. C. Whipple, of Noe. 186 and 138 West 
Main street. Mr. Whipple, who is a native of Ohio, 
came hither from Otsego Co., Richfield Springs, N. Y., 
seven years ago, and engaged in business upon a small 
scale. He has, by the exercise of good taste, energy 
and industry, built up a prosperous and growing trade, 
in which he requires the services of fourteen or fifteen 
men — upholsterers, salesmen, etc. He occupies a large 
four-story-and-basement brick building, 27 feet front 
by 105 feet deep, fitted up in good style, and, besides 
manufacturing fine parlor furniture in considerable 
quantities, deals extensively in household furniture of 
all grades, carpets, etc., and conducts a well-equipped 
upholstery department on his fourth floor, where all 
work of that kind is performed in the best manner. 
On the first floor are Mr. Whipple's oflBce and sales- 
room, where is shown a beautiful line of fine and me- 
dium parlor, hall, bed-room, dining-room and kitchen 
furniture, art furniture and similar goods; the second 
floor ie utilized for the storage of stock and salesroom, 
and on the third floor is shown a magnificent line of 
carpets, floor oil-cloths, parlor furniture and fur- 
nishings. 

Mr. Whipple's patronage is for the most part of a 
local character and of the best class. Young and en- 
terprising, the outlook for him is exceedingly favorable, and there is little doubt that, 
if spared, he will within a very few years rank with the leading business men of the 
Flower City. 

THE GERMANIA FIRE INSURANCE CO. 




Headquarters. SIfos. 177 and 170 Broadway, :Sfew York; Rochester Branch, 
\o. 143 PoAvers Building— Louis C. Duenipelniann, Manager. 

The affairs of this large concern are in an exceedingly flourishing condition, as is 
shown by the statement published at the opening of the year. The assets equal 
$2,673,662.64, made up of cash capital, $1,000,000.00; reserve for re-insurance, $908,053.29; 
reserve for losses under adjustment, $93,467,20, and net surplus, $672,142.15. The 
increase in the assets during the year 1887 amounted to the splendid sum of $172,889.02. 
The company owns valuable and improving real estate upon Cortlandt street and the 
Bowery, New York, all its investment and loans having been made with such wisdom 
and forethought as to yield a large and steadily increasing annual income. The 
chairs of president, vice-president, and secretary and general agent are filled by the 
able gentlemen, Rudolph Garrigue, Hugo Schumann and A. J. Woodworth respect- 
ively, while the list of directors contains the names of many of the best known and 
most respected business men of New York. Of the various branches of this concern, 
none enjoys more capable management or greater prosperity than does the Rochester 
agency, managed by Mr. Louis C. Duempelmann. This gentleman has had an ex- 
tended experience of fire insurance, which has familiarized him with every phase of 
the business. He has held his present responsible position uninterruptedly for a 
term of twelve years, during which time his fostering care and busy enterprise have 
built up a highly important and rapidly growing business in this city and the vicinity. 
By a judicious issue of policies, this company avoids extraordinary risks, and conse- 
quently has very few disputed claims. It is, however, its custom to meet all just de- 
mands with the utmost promptness, and an attempt at evasion under cover of a sense- 
less quibble or technicality is never made by the Germania. The offices in Rochester 
are handsome, commodious and favorably situated in the Power's building, of which 
an illustration is presented in this work. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 229 

ROCHESTER LAST, DIE AND PATTERN WORKS. 



Henry Lioewer, Proprietor— \'o 5550 Mill St. 




The Rochester Last, Die and Pattern Works needs no introduction to the local 
trade, for their devices are in use in nearly if not quite every Rochester shoe factory. 
But, lest some distant reader of this volume should be ignorant of the merits of the 
improved shoe manufacturing appliances referred to, we take occasion here to say 
that for saving time and labor, for neatness and for general excellence they are posi- 
tively unequaled. We have not space to illustrate or describe any other than the 
Marsielje & Loewer tree shown on this page, but can assure those interested that 
the entire series of appliances, lasts, dies, patterns, etc., are of equal merit and desert. 
The following local shoe manufacturers are referred to in evidence: A. J. Johnson & 
Co.; Curtis & Wheeler; Weaver, Thomas & Kirk; Byrnes, Dugan & Hudson; Huis- 
kamp Bros. & Co.; Reynolds & Eddy; Cornwall, Keehn & Co.; Phelan & Yorkey; 
Goodger & Naylor; Dake & Barrett, A. C. Eastwood, John Kelly, J. Wolohan, C. P. 
Lattime, Wright & Peters, Utz & Dunn, J. H. Lattime, J. Murphy, H. R. Howard & 
Co., D. Armstrong & Co., Vegiard, Langslow & Curry, S. V. Pryor <fe Son, Brooks 
& McEntee, Brooks & Kelly, Rauber & Seibert, Holland & Egau, Williams & Hoyt, 
P. Cox Shoe Co., S. K. Newcomb. 

The works were established in 1882, and occupy two floors of the large four-story 
stone building No. 250 Mill street, 40x96 feet, and the upper floor of the Michaels 
building in rear. They are run by steam and hydraulic power and provided with a 
valuable and ingenious outfit of special machinery, a feature of which is one of 
Oilman & Townsend's last-turning machines. Twenty men are employed, and the 
output ranges in value up into the hundred thousands annually. Mr. Loewer, the 
only man in the United States who has solved the problem of making an upper and 
last combined, is a native of Detroit. He came here friendless in 1870, and by 
his own unaided efforts and genius has built up his present prosperous business. 



H. F. SEYMOUR & CO., 



I>ealer8 in tleneral Hardware and Fine Cutlery. Belting: and Liace I^eatliers, 
Mechanics' Tools, etc.— Xo. "i'A East Main St.. opposite Arcade. 

This firm, composed of Messrs. H. F. Seymour and Wm. Eccleston, both energetic 
members of the Chamber of Commerce, became proprietors of this old and famous 
house in February last. It was founded in 1855 by J. W. McKiudley, and passed 
through various hands, Cary & Co. being the immediate predecessors of Seymour & 
Co. Mr. Seymour, a New Yorker by birth, has had large business experience, and 
was for a period of sixteen years with the firm of Hamilton & Matthews. Mr. 
Eccleston, also an accomplished business man, resides in New York city, where he 
has other important interests, Mr. Seymour assuming active management of the 
Rochester house. 

The premises, embracing the ground floor and basement at No. 23 East Main 
street, are 25 feet front with a depth of 100 feet, affording ample space for handling 
a very large stock, comprising full lines of builders' and general hardware, fine 
table and pocket cutlery, mechanics' tools of every description, house furnishing 
goods, and a choice assortment of oak belting and lace leather for every variety 
of machinery. This concern enjoys some special aavantages in the matter of buying 
and otherwise, and is prepared to divide the same with their trade. Strictly square 
dealing, promptitude and accuracy are the rules by which the firm will be governed. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



C. A. DEAVENPORT, 



Ceneral ConimisHion Merchant— Jobber in Foreign and Oomeistie Fruit h. Xuts, 
Canned <iiood»«. ete.— Original Wholesale Butter. Cheese and Egja; HoH!«ie— ,\o. 
•4J^3 Ka!«t Main Mt. 

The commission merchant, so 
iouor regarded with distrust as a 
mere speculator in the labor of 
the producer and the needs of the 
consumer, has of late years been 
awarded his proper place in the 
economy of trade — that of purvey- 
or-general to urban tables and sales- 
man-at-large to the farmer, dairy- 
man and importer, functions which 
he has always performed honestly 
and faithfully, and in which, now 
that prejudice has been dissipated, 
his indispensable usefulness is uni- 
verpally conceded. 

A conspicuous example of the 
prompt, accommodating and up- 
right commission merchant is Mr. 
C. A. Deavenport, who in 1878 estab- 
lished himself at Nos. 10 East 
avenue and 166 East Main street. 
Here he flourished, steadily making 
a reputation and building up a pat- 
ronage, until 1884, when, oppor- 
tunity offering to secure a more 
favorable location and increased 
fncilities, he removed to his present 
place of business. No. 283 East 
Main street, where he has commo- 
dious quarters, comprising ground 
floor and basement 20x90 feet and 
spa-^ious storehouse in rear. 
Mr. Deavenport _. bubiutbb idunLLtioDt, extend to almost every town and village in 
Western New York, and he enjojs unbounded popularity wherever known. His 
establishment, familiarly designated the "orioinal" wholesale butter, cheese and eg^ 
house of Rochester, handles vast quantities of those commodities, besides which he is 
a general jobber in foreign and domestic fruits of every description, nuts and canned 
goods, and makes a specialty of choice bananas, immense quantities of which he 
handles annually. In all his transactions average about S130,n00 a year. 

Mr. D. has been identified with Rochester business interests for the past sixteen 
years, began on his own account in a modest way, and owes his success and present 
prominence to industry and square dealing. 




CAUFFMAN, DINKELSPIEL & CO., 



H holesale Clothiers— Xos. 61 and «3 Xorth St. Paul St. 

In the front rank of the Rochester clothing trade stands the old-established and 
influential house of Cauffman, Dinkelspiel & Co., founded in 1865 by G. & J. Wile, 
Cauffman & Co., changed to Cauffmac, Straus & Co. in 1868, and to the present style 
in 1876, the firm being composed of Messrs. Joseph Cauffman, Myer and Abram 
Dinkelspiel. The firm occupy the entire five-story building Nos. 61 and 63 North St, 
Paul street, 40x110 feet, and two additional floors adjoining, employing from 1,200 to 
1,500 people, and places on the markets of the Eastern, Middle and Western States 
many hundred thousand dollars worth of choice fine and medium goods annually, 
embracmg the latest and most popular styles of men's, youths' and boys' clothing, 
faultless in cut, make, trimming, finish and fit. 

The members of the firm are enterprising and popular business men and members 
of the Chamber of Commerce. 



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JAMES LENNOX, 



Kleetrot.vper— \o. 4» East Main St. 

There are few more useful vocations in life than that of the electrotyper, who of 
late years has superseded the stereotyper, to the delight and profit of the printing 
trade, the engraver and the reading public. The skillful and conscientious electro- 
typer is indeed a benefactor of his fellow man, and deserves gratitude for his services 
in rendering clear and sharp the dull faces of the types too often used in printing, 
thus relieving the weary eye of the habitual reader, and bringing out the dim lines 
of the wood engraving. One of the best and oldest electrotypers in this country is 
Mr. James Lennox, who established himself in business in Rochester more than 
thirty years ago. coming from Scotland. Up to 1884 he was locateii at Exchange 
place, when he removed to No. 49 East Main street, where he occupies the top floor 
of the Commercial National Bank building. Here he is equipped with a complete 
outfit of modern improved machinery, electric apparatus and appliances for the 
prompt execution of orders in the best style of the art, making specialties of book- 
work and fine wood cuts, but doing every description of electrotyping for which there 
is any call. Mr. Lennox employs six careful and highly trained workmen, and his 
facilities are fully equal to the demand upon them. Estimates are cheerfully for- 
warded to out-of-town patrons, and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases where com- 
missions are awardf d. 



FREDERICK SUTER, 



Architectural ^Vood Carver— C^arver of Molds and Patterns— SJo. 43 South St. 

Paul St.. Room 11. 

The art of wood-r'arving has long since passed the experimental stage, and, utilized 
to nobler ends, has been made auxiliary and supplemental to the highest of all the 
material arts in its bearing upon modern civilization — architecture. It is not, there- 
fore, surprising that in a progressive city like Rochester we find several accomplished 
and prosperous carvers whose handiwork embellishes to a greater or lees extent all 
new buildings making any pretensions to elegance of appearance and tasteful adorn- 
ment. 

One of the most successful of this class of art workers here is Mr. Frederick Suter, 
a native of Switzerland, whose place of business is iu room 11, Johnson block, No. 42 
South St. Paul street. Mr. S. established himself here in 1883. and his services are 
in constant request by the local architects, most of whom are williog to bear witness 
to his talent, originality and skill. Mr. S. employs five workmen, doing all of the 
designing himself, and is a busy and useful man and much respected citizen. 



JOHN C. KING, 



■Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Carpets and Furniture— Xo. Ill East Main St. 

Forty-three years ago Mr. James O'Donoghue established himself in Rochester as 
a cabinet-maker and upholsterer, gradually building up a large business, which by 
degrees developed into a wholesale trade in furniture, carpets and upholstery goods. 
Among his assistants was a bright young man named John C. King, who entered his 
service as a clerk, mastered every detail of the business, and finally bought out aiid 
took charge of the concern in 1877, after eighteen years of close application, during 
which period he satisfactorily filled every position from office-boy to manager. Since 
that time he has perfected new and improved methods and greatly extended his trade 
connections, now numbering among his patrons most of the smaller dealers and most 
prominent householders of the city and vicinity. His premises are quite commodi 
ous— the five-story building No. Ill East Main street, 20x150 feet, with three story 
L, 22x30 feet, fronting at No. 9 South Water street — and are stocked from basement 
to garret with complete lines of stylish and medium grades of furniture, imported 
and American carpets, rugs, oil cloths, etc., and mattresses and upholstery goods, of 
which latter Mr. King is a manufacturer on a large scale. He employs fifteen men 
and does a prosperous and growing business. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



TOWER & LAMONT, 




1«. C Tower and John liamont : :VIanufa(*tnrers of the L.ainont Patent 
Kazor Strop— Xo. 7'£ Kxehange Sit. 

There is no adult 
male member of 
the human family 
but appreciates 
the luxury of an 
easy shave, and a 
pre-requisit e to 
this enjoyment is 
a good strop 
whereon to put in 

order a razor that would otherwise be a weapon of " barbarous" torture. And with- 
out question the best razor strop that is in the market is that manufactured by 
Messrs. Tower & Lamont, the celebrated Lamont patent razor strop, which has 
a square surface, each side of the square being specially prepared for putting in per- 
fect order a razor of various degrees of dullness. This strop has also these specific 
advantages: It has the best leather; the best and thickest hone; the best arrange- 
ment for stretching; the best support for the rod and handle; it is the original com- 
bination strop; that all other combination strops are imitations, and that all these 
statements are facts. This firm also manufactures a large variety of other strops, 
which are very favorably received by the public. 

This firm was founded in 1874, and at present occupies one floor of the building 
No. 72 Exchange street, 30x150 feet, where it has a special line of machinery for the 
manufacture of its specialties, and there employ a number of competent workmen. Of 
the Lamont patent razor strop this firm manufactures five gross daily, and the sales 
extend overall partsof the United States and throughout Australia, Cuba, Ireland and 
Europe; and although the business at present is extremely good, it is constantly grow- 
ing better as the merits of this unequaled strop increase its sales. 



E. E. BAUSCH & SON. 



E. E. Bau8ch and (];eorg:e R. Bauseh— Scientific Opticians— Xo. 6 East Main 

St.. Elwood Block. 

This business was established by the cel- 
ebrated firm of Bausch & Lomb, which is now 
the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, men- 
tioned elsewhere in this work, in 1856. In 
1866 Mr. Bausch established a store in the 
Arcade, removing to his present location in 
1885, where he occupies the ground floor of 
No. 6 East Main street, and where he keeps 
a full line of the finest optical goods, 

Djetc, in Western New York, and, from his com- 
prehensive skill, scientific knowledge and 

long experience, it is certain that nowhere in the country can anyone be better 
suited in every respect with the optical requirements his or her eyes need. The business 
of the firm of E. E. Bausch & Son is one of the oldest and best known in the country, 
and has a lafrge clientage which is derived principally from Western New York. 

In 1886 Mr. George R. Bausch was admitted to the firm, he also being thoroughly 
trained, both scientifically and practically, in the optical business, and he has been 
a worthy coadjutor to his father. 

The specialties of the firm are fitting spectacles and eye-glasses to every kind of 
defective vision, and all who value the precious boon of good eyesight should have 
their eyes examined by this capable firm. 

Mr. E. E. Bausch is a native of Germany, who came to Rochester in 1854, and 
during his residence has proved himself a valuable member of the business and civil 
community of the Flower City. 




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E. B. CHACE, 



Wholesale aii«l Retail Dealer in Kongh and Dressed Pine and Hemlock 
liuniber, ^j^llingles, Lath, etc.— HJo. 45 ^Varehouse St. and 50.> >i»tate St. 

We have elsewhere 
referred at some 
I lenofth to the lumber 
trade of Rochester, 
and from the figures 
. ^riven it will be seen 
that tbis is a leading 
inland market for the 
\ ai ious commodities 
coming under that 
head. Among the 
most prominent rep- 
resentatives of the 
trade is Mr. E. B. 
Chace, who, having 
l)«come connected 
with this interest in 
, 1S72, is doing an im- 
uieQse business, re- 
i|Uiring the services of 
eome forty men. His 
principal office is at No. 45 Warehouse street, adjoining his wholesale yards, 250x300 
feet in extent, with a smaller annex, besides which he owns larp;e plots of land in 
various parts of the city which are utilized for the storage of materials. At one of 
these, No. 505 State street, is maintained a branch office, and here is transacted his 
retail business, as well as at 45 Warehouse street. In all, his sales for the past year 
aggregated some 10,000,000 feet, and the outlook for the present season is excellent for 
a considerable increase. His Warehouse street plant fronts the Erie canal, and is pro- 
vided with docks and all requisite facilities for the receipt of lumber in bulk from 
Tonawanda. His leading specialty is rough and dressed Saginaw pine lumber of all 
grades and in all dimensions, but he also handles immense quantities of hemlock 
lumber, lath, pickets and shingles. 

The fine planing mill of F. B. Hazard & Co. adjoins Mr. Chace's wholesale yard, 
and he is also an active partner in that enterprise, which affords him superior facili- 
ties for filling orders to any extent for dressed stuff of every description, including 
flooring, weather-boarding, ceiling, interior finish, etc. Strict attention is given to 
the wants of customers, whether buying at wholesale or retail, and prompt delivery, 
reasonable prices and liberal terms are guaranteed. By reference to the Chamber of 
Commerce history it will be seen that Mr. Chace is a prominent member thereof. 




McAllister & koeth, 



Wholesale Liquors— Imported Wines, Gins, Rums, Brandies, etc.— IVo. sil West 
Ave. near First Saving Rridge. 

Though established but a couple of years, the firm of McAllister & Koeth, Rochester 
born and bred, has already built up a first-class trade with retail dealers and private 
consumers who rank as connoissevrs in the matter of fine wines and liquors, their 
transactions for 1887 more than doubling those of 1886, when they entered the 
business. Occupying the convenient three-story and basement building, 20x100 feet, 
No. 21 West avenue, their large cellars are fully stocked with the finest brands of 
foreign and domestic wines of all kinds and the choicest selections — champagnes, 
tokays, burgundies, clarets, Rhine wines — in short, everything of this nature for which 
there is any demand, together with gins, rums, brandies and cordials of the rarest 
grades. They are direct importers of these goods, are not at the mercy of agents, and 
can therefore guarantee the purity, age and grade of their stock. The upper floors 
ai'e devoted to office purposes and to the storage of domestic goods — celebrated 
brands of rye and bourbon- whiskies, peach and apple brandies, etc.— fine whiskies 
being the specialty. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



H. S. MACKIE & CO., 



Wholesale and Retail l>ealer8 in Pianos. Organs, Brass, ^Vind and String 
Instruments, Music and Musical Merchandise— Importers— Publisliers of 
Sheet Music— II o, lOO State St. 

This is the oldest music house in Rochester or Western 
New York, founded in 18i0 as the "City Music Store." In 
1858 Mr. W. S. Mackie became sole proprietor, taking into 
partnership in 1864 his son, H. S. Mackie, who from the 
time of his father's death in 1865 until 1872 conducted it 
alone. In the year last named the present firm of H. S. 
Mackie & Co. was formed, and has proven one of the most 
successful and progressive ever connected with the music 
trade. The handsome five-story building in which they 
carry on business is the property of the firm, erected and 
occupied in 1884. It is 20 feet front by 110 feet deep, with 
basement under all, occupies a most desirable position with 
reference to trade and surroundings, is from the designs of 
one of the noted architects with whom Rochester abounds, is 
a triumph of building skill, and surmounted by a Gothic 
tower fitted up in the most attractive style as a studio and 
practice room. All the departments of the building are 
handsomely furnished and finished throughout in keeping 
with the fine quality of goods displayed. The first floor is 
devoted to the jobbing department. It is well-filled with 
bound music books, " H. S. M." concert and Richter mouth 
organs, accordeons imported direct from Berlin, Magde- 
burg and Hanover, together with a full line of domestic 
and imported violins, guitars and banjos. 

The second or store floor presents a dazzling array of 
musical instruments of every conceivable design and in such 
numbers and variety of styles as almost to defy enumeration. 
Among them are the finest accordeons, violins, guitars and 
banjos, with their trimmings, brass and silver cornets and 
band instruments, flutes, fifes, flageolets, clarionets, masic 
boxes, drums, metronomes, music folios, rolls, binders, etc., 
etc. Sheet music in large quantities occupies the shelves on 
one side of the store. 

The upper floors are, if possible, even more attractive 
to lovers of music on account of the new and elegant instru- 
ments which are constantly added. The third floor is devoted 
to upright and grand pianos of the celebrated makes of 
Knabe & Co., Hazleton Bros., Vose & Son, Emerson Co., 
and Maokie's Bell Treble upright and grand pianos and organs in ebony, enameled, 
burl French walnut and mahogany cases. These pianos are made to resist all 
changes of climate and temperature. On this floor are also fine instruments in the 
standard rosewood and ebony cases, besides a large assortment of scarfs, stools, 
covers, stands and the new adjustable bench. 

The square and square grand pianos occupy the fourth floor, and are in elegant 
cases in styles similar to those already mentioned. 

The fifth floor is devoted to the organ and renting departments. The stock 
includes church, parlor and house organs in walnut and ebony cases, with all improve- 
ments, from $40 to S500. 

Mackie & Co. have secured the agency of tbe celebrated American-made George 
Washburn guitars, mandolins and zithers, solid rosewood, of superior finish, war- 
ranted not to crack or split like imported goods, perfect in every particular. They 
are also agents for the new departure, the American snare, drill and bass drums, the 
finest made; banjos and banjorines, nickel and rosewood. 

Mr. Mackie makes annual voyages to Europe in search of novelties for his house, 
and through the combined efforts of the firm it is always stocked up to its capacity. 
Mr. M., when a youth, came from New York in 1855 with his parents. He was bred 
to the music trade in New York factories and under the eye of his worthy and 
talented father. Besides his connection with this house he is the owner of consider- 
able real estate; interested in the Brush Electric Company and the Safe Trust 
Deposit Company, and a prominent promoter of the Chamber of Commerce, 




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THE SHEARER TOBOGGANS. 



H. A. Shearer Tobogsan Company. Manufaeturers— Foot of River St. 




Of the numeroiis adjuncts to health- 
ful outdoor sports that have been 
perfected and adopted within the past 
few years, it is doubtful if any are 
more deservedly popular than the 
toboggan, improved as it has been 
since its introduction into the United 
States. Nothing in the way of civil- 
ized sport can be conceived that is 
more exhilarating, that sets the blood 
coursing so warmly, or that brings to 
the cheek so rosy a tint, or to the eye 
so merry a sparkle, as are imparted by 
a flying plunge down a steep incline 
on a properly constructed toboggan. 
The-old time sled, clumsy in form and 
awkward to handle, bears no more 
comparison to its new rival than does a 
brindle cow to a blooded racer. Probably the most extensive and best equipped tobog- 
gan manufacturing establishment in the United States is that of the H. A. Shearer To- 
boggan Company, occupying a large building at the foot of River street, Eochester,. 
and employing many skilled workmen and much valuable machinery. The choicest 
grade of tough second-growth hickory is used exclusively, and the design and construc- 
tion are the best that ample resources and long experience can produce. The goods 
turned out are in four styles, viz.: The "Genesee," five, six and seven feet long; the 
"Swift," five, six and seven and a-half feet long; the "Flasb," five, six and seven and 
a-half feet long, and the " Lightning," six and seven and a half feet long. Toboggan- 
cushions of all desired sizes and styles are supplied at reasonable prices. 
The firm also build a superior patent toboggan slide, made in sections 
of convenient length and connected by means of hooks — just the thing to 
take down and store away during the summer and readily put up when 
required on the return of winter. 
The Shearer Company's latest achievement, however, is one that has created a 
furor among the frequenters of lake and seaside bathing beaches. It is nothing less 
than a toboggan slide provided with rollers, over which the vehicle glides almost as 
well as on snow, the slide terminating at the water's edge and the impetus carrying 
toboggan and rider a considerable distance from shore, on the surface and without 
danger. This invention fills a long-felt want, and is immensely popular wherever 
introduced, supplying an attraction such as none can resist. The first one was erected 
at Ontario beach, and the Union and Advertiser thus speaks of it: " At the Cottage 
bathing houses is a genuine toboggan slide, just completed. The sleds, as they de- 
scend, on striking the water, are burled out over the surface 60 or 70 feet. The bob- 
bing up and down of the sled, the springing, kicking and unexpected movements of 
the rider, are a source of endless amusement to bathers and spectators. When two or 
three persons ride on the same craft the fun is increased. Mr. H. A. Shearer designed 
this novelty. A. J. Wegman and the inventor formed a company and built the slide, 
and its success has been instantaneous. It is one of the most popular things at 
Ontario Beach, and will, without doubt, soon be as popular at other watering places." 
The Elmira Telegram's young man gave the new idea a trial, and thus testifies to 
the pleasure it yielded: "At length we got aboard and the toboggan started. A 
moment later we struck the water and sailed along the surface a considerable distance, 
making a successful voyage. The experience was refreshing and enjoyable, each trip 
whetting the appetite for more of the same sort. The fun was exhilarating to a degree 
seldom attained in the dog days. Nobody who observes or participates in the sport 
wonders that it draws a crowd and that the toboggans are going constantly. The 
new idea is a valuable addition to the at- 
tractions of summer resorts, is bound to be 
a drawing card, and is the latest, dizziest 
contrivance for the benefit of people anxious 
to head off the mercury in its effort to climb 
clear out of the top of IJie thermometer." 






TRADE MARK 




236 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

THE UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE CO. 



Wni. Maiiiiliig &. Soil, <jJeiieral 9Iaiiaia;er!>« for tVesterii Xew York— Room 407 

Powers Kloek. 

Messrs. Wm. Manning & Son have represented tbe United States Life Insurance 
Company as general agents for Western New York since 1875 — nearly thirteen years— 
and to their credit be it said they have rendered unbounded satisfaction both to the 
company and its patrons. The elder Mr. Manning has been connected with the 
business of life insurance for thirty-five years, and no man in the State, so employed, 
has a better reputation or wields a wider or more beneficent influence. He is secre- 
tary of the Western New York Life Underwriters' Association, beloved by his asso- 
ciates, a good and enterprising citizen and generally respected by tbe community. 
He is also a member of the new Rochester Chamber of Commerce, and stands high 
in business circles. The United States Life Insurance Company is fortunate in 
having so capable and influential a firm as its representative in this rich, populous 
and heaven-favored section. 

As for the company itself we need say but little. Founded in 1850, its growth in 
power and volume of transactions has been slow and sure. Its entire business for 
1850 was S117,981; the new insurance written in 1887 was $5,497,820, and the total 
amount in force December 31 last was $23,157,468. Death claims paid for the year, 
endowments, surrenders, etc., included, $524,729.91. Actual surplus on hand, 
S968,745.81. All policies are indisputable after the expiration of three years from 
date of issue, and death claims are paid promptly without discoaufc on satisfactory 
proof. Below is the company's balance sheet for 1887: 

Dk. ... Cr. 



To reserve at 4 per cent. Actuaries' 
Table (N. Y. State Standard), in- 
cluding dividends $5,064,70(5 00 

'" Claims in course of settlement-- . 8,535 00 

*' Premiums paid in advance 2,108 44 

■" Liability for lapsed policies pre- 
sentable for surrender. __ 1,645 00 

" Accrued rent and unpresented ac- 
counts _ 3,831 09 

" Surplus as regards policy holders 653,670 81 



Total-. $5,734,496 34 



By Bonds and Mortgages $2,749,949 53 

United States and other Bonds--. 2.269,376 86 

Real Estate 102,200 00 

Cash in Banks 78,589 26 

Cash in Office 613 45 

Loanson Policies. 142,075 28 

Loans secured by Collaterals 149,759 .52 

Balances due by Agents, secured. 25,323 .52 

Interest accrued-.. 65,576 00 

Deferred Premiums, less 10 per 

cent, for collection 78,314 45 

Premiums in course of collection, 

less 10 per cent 72,718 47 

Total ..-- $5,734,496 34 



The subjoined are a few of the multitude of reasons why thoughtful men insure 
in the United States Life : (1) Because all men speak well of the company and its 
management, and none have reason to complain against it ; (2) Because its policies 
are noa-forfeitable after the premiums for three full years have been paid thereon ; 
(3) Because it is evident, from an examination of competent testimony, that it affords 
absolute and undoubted security to its patrons; (4) Because it allows ten days of 
actual grace in payment of premiums; (5) Because it issues an absolutely incontest- 
able policy, and therefore oflfers to its patrons positive indemnity and not a "possible 
lawsuit ;" (6j Because every death claim is paid without unnecessary delay, bat with 
the most commendable promptness; (7) Because it offers the most liberal and equi- 
table contract consistent with recognized business principles. 



FRANK D. HOTCHKISS, 

(ireiieral Iiisuraiice Agent— Xo. 105 M'ilrter Building. 

Mr. Hotchkiss, who occupies an elegant office in the Wilder building, is almost uni- 
versally known to the business and property-owning public of Rochester, and popular 
with all classes. Experienced, capable, energetic and courteous, he is looked upon 
as an authority in insurance matters, commanding the respect and confidence not 
only of the general public but of bis business compeers as well. 

The corporations Mr. Hotchkiss represents are noted for great wealth, direct 
methods and liberality, and comprise such world-renowned institutions as the Scot- 
tish Union and National, of Edinburgh, with a record of sixty-four years £nd Ameri- 
can assets to the amount of -SI. 421, 749; the Lion, of London, founded in 1879, 
assets in this country, $801,812; the California of !-an Francisco, organized 1861, 
capital .S600,000, total assets $1,171,915; and several other good companies. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



237 



THE H. E. HOOKER COMPANY. 

Mary «. Hooker. President; Robert Ades, Treasurer: F. K. I.. Taylor. Neere- 
tary Proprietors of tlie Hooker Xiirseries— Xo. 1<»0 Park Ave. 




The Hooker Nurseries rank 
with the pioneers of this great 
industry in Western New York, 
and were established by Mr. H. 
E. Hooker in the forties, he having first found- 
ed the Commercial Nnreeries in the thirties, 
retaining his connection therewith until 1858, 
when he disposed of his interest to Mr. W. L. 
Little, devoting his uudivided attention thenceforward to the time of his 
death, a few years ago, to the enlargement and perfection of the nurseries 
now bearing his name and conducted by the H. E. Hooker Company, Mrs. 
Mary G. Hooker, widow of the founder, being president, assisted by Messrs.' 
Robeif Ades and E. B. L. Taylor, respectively treasurer and secretary. The fruit 
farm, nurseries and packing grounds embrace 150 acres of fertile and valuable land 
mostly in the northern suburbs of the city and along the line of the Central-Hudson 
railway, with office at No. 100 Park avenue, the company employing 100 men on the 
premises, and some fifty salesmen whose business it is to introduce the superior stock 
grown here throughout the country, East, West and South. Great quantities of choice 
fruits of special varieties, grapes, cherries, berries, etc., are also grown for market 
this feature augmenting in importance year by year. The cash investment ie stated 
at $35,000, which includes the value of land, eight extensive hot-houses, packing 
sheds, ware-house, stables, and other appurtenances. 

The leading specialty, forming the original stand-by of the company, is the propa- 
gation of the best varieties of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubbery of every de- 
scription, choice grape-vines, and roses of every hue and kind, among the latter many 
rare new accessions, hybrid and plain. The best only is supplied to buyers, and 
every representation may be implicitly depended on. Nurserymen purchasing in quan- 
tities receive special attention and liberal terms. 

Treasurer Ades and Secretary Taylor are enterprising and thoroughgoing men, 
popular in business circles, with the trade and with all interested in the cultivation 
of trees, fruits and flowers. 

FOLEY & DU NCAN, 

ll'holesale and Ketail Dealers in L.umber and Coal— Plymouth'Ave. and B„ X. 

Y. & P. Railroad. 

This firm, established in 1884, is one of the most prominent in its own line of 
trade in the vicinity of Rochester. The yards, at the intersection of Plymouth ave- 
nue and the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia and the New York & Erie railroad 
tracks, are quite commodious, comprising some three acres of desirable ground, and 
are at all times stocked to repletion with choice lines of lumber of every description 
for the use of builders and manufacturers, A well-equipped and commodious saw 
and planing mill in connection supply all necessary facilities for the manufacture of 
rough and dressed lumber to order, finished inside work, doors, sash, blinds, shutters, 
etc. This firm are also extensive dealers in hard and soft coal, which they deliver to 
consumers in all parts of the city at lowest current rates. They employ about 
twenty-five men, and their transactions cover annually 4,000,000 feet of lumber of all 
kinds and 1,200 tons of coal. They are courteous, industrious and enterprising citi- 
zens, worthy of public confidence and the success they have achieved. 



238 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



OSGOOD & PORTER, 



I>ealer!!« in Paints, Oil!4 and fxlass— Xo. 7 Front i^t. 



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J^VSs. 7 Front St., 

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This old leading house was established by W. S. Osgood at No. 21 Exchange 
street in 1851, removing the following year to No. 15 Front street and thence in 1860 to 
No. 112 West Main street. The present location was adopted in 1866, when the firm 
became known as Osgood & Farley. The style was changed in 1872 to Osgood & 
Clarke, afterwards in 1881 to Osgood & Brigham, and finally in the present year to 
Osgood & Porter. The senior partner is a native of Vermont. He came to Rochester 
thirty-four years ago, and has since been engaged in the business under notice. Mr. 
Porter is a native of Monroe county, who brings to the business the experience of 
many years. The firm occupies the capacious five-story building at No. 7 Front 
street and in addition one floor of the adjoining number, which is used as a warehouse. 
A very large stock of paints, glass, oils and other supplies are kept on hand, of which 
heavy consignments are made to Western New York, Northern Pennsylvania and 
Eastern Ohio. The firm makes a specialty of its white lead, which holds a commanding 
position upon the market. It is of superior whiteness, fineness and durability, and 
each can carries a guarantee and an unconditional offer to pay 820 for every ounce 
of adulteration found in it. 

Mr. Osgood is to be heartily congratulated upon the position of prosperous 
prominence to which he has guided the concern through its many changes. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



239 



THE SILL STOVE WORKS. 



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Janie!rt Braokett. President; Frederick ^Vile, Vice-President and Treasurer; 
B. M'. l>odson. (Secretary and ^Vestern Slanager— Itlanufaeturers ot Stoves 
and Ranges— Office, ^^arerooms and Foiindry. Xos. 194 to 218 Oak St. 

The days of the cleft stick and the three- 
legged skillet are gone by and the handsome, 
perfect and economical ranges have taken 
their place. As the various beautiful designs 
of this class of goods manufactured by the 
Sill Stove Works are inspected, and their 
excellent practical utility demonstrated, it 
would seem that ingenuity and artistic taste 
could not be more practically utilized, and 
that the acme of perfection in the manu- 
facture of ranges had been reached. Replete 
with beauty and all kinds of novel devices for 
the comfort and assistance of the housewife, 
they are iinsurpassed by any range now on 
the market. But ranges are not the only 
manufacture of the Sill Stove Works, for 
they also make a full line of heating stoves, 
and in these are the combinations of utility 
ind discriminating good taste especially 
nanifest. In a range there are limits defined 
ijy the use to which the article is put that 
preclude the high art adornment that is per- 
missible and appropriate on a stove that 
ornaments the parlor or sitting-room, and 
in this line of goods the Sill Stove Works 

tower head and shoulders over all competitors; their matchless construction, peerless 

design and faultless workings endear them to all economical and practical users. 

Their standard brand " Sterling Stoves and Ranges" have a national reputation. 

The Sill Stove Works was incorporated in 1879, and now has a capital of S100,000 

and the following officers: James Brackett, president; Frederick Wile, vice-president 

and treasurer; B. W. Dodson, secretary. Their offices, warerooms and foundry are 

at Nos. 194 to 218 Oak street. The various 

buildings cover two acres of ground, the 

main building being four stories high, 50x150. 

The moulding shop, foundries, etc., 70x190 

and 70x120, are one story each. The build- 
ings and plant are fully equipped with 

modern machinery and employment given 

to one hundred and seventy-five skilled 

workmen. These excellent stoves and ranges 

find their way into households all over the 

United States, and the merited praise they 

receive is the principal reason for the rapid 

and steady augmentation of the scope and 

extent of the trade of this company. 





240 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



SMITH & OBERST, 



Dealers in Stoves, Furnaces and Ranges— dJeneral Workers in Tin Plate, 
Slieet Iron. Zinc. Copper, etc.— Plumbing and Cwasfitting— Xo. 173 litest Ave. 

It is just twenty years since the firm o£ 
Smith & Poppy was established here, and for 
eleven years held its own in the face of all 
competition. In 1879 Mr. F. B. Oberst suc- 
ceeded to Mr. Poppy's interest, bringing with 
him an extensive knowledge of the business, 
great industry and enterprise, and his acces- 
sion was at once signalized by a marked im- 
provement in the sales and general trans- 
actions — an improvement that has been 
steadily maintained to this time. The prem- 
ises occupied — their own property, by the 
by — comprise two commodious floors, li0x95 
feet, at No 172 West avenue, near Canal 
street, advantageously situated for the busi- 
ness to which they are devoted. Twelve 
skilled workmen are employed, and their 
trade, for the most part of a local character 
and confined to Rochester and the adjacent 
country, grows steadily and at a gratifying rate. 

Messrs. Smith & Oberst make specialties of improved cooking and heating stoves, 
ranges and furnaces, of which they handle large numbers. They are agents for the 
celebrated Fuller & Warren Co.'s Troy furnaces and for Sill's Rochester stove works, 
and carry a very superior line of these goods. They are also general workers of tin 
plate, sheet-iron, zinc, copper, and plate metals of all kinds, and fill orders promptly 
for every description of house furnishing goods and other work in those materials. 
Their plumbing and gasfitting department is one of the most complete in the city, 
and they solicit orders, more especially for the finer grades of work of this kind. 

Mr. John C. Smith is of Canadian birth, and a resident of Rochester for nearly 
forty years. Mr. F. B. Oberst is a native of Rochester. Both are respected citizens, 
pushing business men, and members of the newly organized Chamber of Commerce. 




Leggings, 
e^v York 



ROCHESTER KNITTING WORKS. 

Max: Littwenthal. Proprietor— Manufacturer of Zephyr^Knit Shirts. 
Mittens, Scarfs, etc.— STos. 133 to 137 Xorth St. Paul St.; X 
Office. TSo. [83 JLeonard St. 

This establishment, noted throughout the land for the high quality of its products, 
has been managed successfully by Mr. Max Lowenthal since 1872, and is one of the 
most complete of the kind in the United States, occupying the entire three upper 
floors, 90x125 feet, of the great building at Nos. 123, 125 and 127 North St. Paul street. 
The equipment is first-class, comprising a number of special improvements in knitting 
machines, and a force of one hundred and seventy-five skilled operatives is constantly 
employed. The output commands a trade that covers territorially the whole continent, 
ranking with the best domestic goods of their class and equal in all respects to any 
imported. The goods are distributed directly to the trade without intervention of 
commission middle-men, thus effecting a saving both to producer and buyer. 

The specialties of the house embrace full lines of mittens, leggings, shirts, under- 
shirts and worsted novelties generally for ladies' and children's wear, of good grades 
and choice patterns. The popularity of Mr. Lowenthal's manufactures is sutficient 
attestation of their superiority in the matter of material, workmanship, finish and fit. 

Mr. Lowenthal has grown up with the zephyr knitting business, and has always 
aimed at maintaining a high standard for his goods, giving permanent satisfaction to 
the consumer, and it is largely owing to his personal efforts that this venture has 
succeeded. His trade is in a prosperous condition and shows healthy development 
from year to year. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



241 



THE ELDERKIN-TAYLOR CO. 



Klaniifaoturers of Liadies' Fine Shoes— Factory and Offices. 9forth IVater Street. 

The reputation of Rochester for first 
quality shoes extends throughout the conti- 
nent of America. Of the many houses en- 
gaged in this industry, none stands in a 
higher representative capacity than the 
Elderkin -Taylor Co. The firm is chiefly 
noted as the manufacturers of the '"Rhea" 
shoe, which is the only low vamp shoe in 
which the seams do not strike the tender 
part of the feet, the result being perfect ease 
and fit. The "Rhea" was first put upon the 
market in the spring of the present year, 
and quickly came into favor. Its excellence 
is testified to by the large and rapidly in- 
creasing demand for it. 

Messrs. Elderkin, Taylor & Co. whose 
motto is Quality not Quantity, make none 
but fine goods, and by strict adherence to 
this rule have attained their present status in the trade, and have earned an envi- 
able reputation for thoroughness. 

The factory and offices of the firm occupy a large and commodious building 
covering about 10,000 square feet, in a first-class location upon North Water street. 
The machinery, which is of the highest order, has necessaril}'^ a very large capacity, 
and aflFords employment to about 100 workmen. 

The trade of the firm extends east and west over a large area, and is rapidly in- 
creasing. A continuance of the business on its present sound basis must result in 
highly prosperous future developments. 




GEORGE A. SABEY, 



Hatter and Cientlemen's Furnlslier— ^o. 17^8 Fast Main St. 

Thirty-five years is a good while for the same house to continue in the hands of 
father and son, more especially in the branch of trade to which the one now under 
consideration is devoted. Mr. James Sabey came to Rochester from London, Eng- 
land," in 1837, with little besides his thoughtful brain and willing hands. In 1853 he 
opened a modest little furnishing aad hat store, worked industriously, increased his 
facilities from time to time, invested his savings wisely, maintained a high character 
for integrity, and thus laid deep and strong the foundations of a prosperous business 
and a well-earned though moderate fortune, to all of which, on the father's death in 
1883, his son, Mr. George A. Sabey, succeeded, and has continued to enlarge until at 
the present time he controls a larger and more select trade in his specialties — fine 
hats, neckwear, linen and underwear for gentlemen — than any house in Western New 
York. His store at No. 172 East Main street is one of the most elegant in the city, 
18x160 feet, with basement. He owns the building, and his salesroom is lighted by 
means of plate glass front and rear windows and a glass roof from which two great 
■wells convey a flood of light to the ground floor. 

Mr. Sabey's stock is truly vast in extent and variety, and includes everything 
desirable, fashionable and seasonable in gentlemen's furnishings, for which this 
house is Rochester headquarters, together with trunks, satchels, traveling bags, toilet 
cases and a thousand notions in the way of personal adornment and convenience 
which we have not even room to name. 

Mr. Sabey, born in Rochester, stands high in business circles. He is a large 
holder of real estate, treasurer of the Flour City Life Association, a stockholder 
of the Merchant's Bank, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the new 
Lyceum Theater Company. His store is the resort of all the well-dressed men of 
Rochester and vicinity. 



242 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



S. A. McOMBER & CO., 



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Kurserymen— Xo. 1 East Park; Ollioe, Xursery Exchange Uuiltliiig. 

^ '— ^ - ' (.^"""r- -^V^;^ Uf The firm of McOmber & Co. repre- 

•^i^^AL^^'^>^'^;:^^^.y■^^^$^i:£^t^^^^^ sents a good example of the new and en- 
" . ,1 ergetic blood that of late years has 

ImBER&Go* ^^^^ injected into the somewhat conserv- 
W V ative veins of the nursery industry. The 
5ltr^,lM-i. members are native New Yorkers, full of 
energy and spirit, and are in the enjoy- 
ment of a very large and profitable share 
of the orders for the various articles 
wherein they deal, sent to Rochester from 
all sections of the United States and 
Canada. Both members of the firm have 
had a life-long practical experience in 
the business wherein they are engaged, 
and are thoroughly posted in its every 
detail, theoretical and actual. They em- 
ploy from 175 to 200 agents during the 
season, and are equally popular with the agents and the public. Their office in the 
Nursery Exchange building is neatly and conveniently arranged, and parties having 
business there will always find one of the brothers (S. A. and Beecher C.) on hand 
and ready to give them polite attention and every detail of information needful. 
They are prepared to fill orders promptly and in the best manner for every descrip- 
tion of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubbery, vines, flowers, etc., and guarantee the 
utmost care in their selection and satisfaction in all cases. Both are members of the 
Chamber of Commerce and popular business men. 




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SHERMAN GREGG, 



Photograpliic Artist— Xo. » 1 State St. 

The grand prequisite to success in photography is long and devoted practical ap- 
plication to the art with a fixed determination to master all of its details. In this, as 
in other fields of endeavor, there is no reward without labor— labor of the most earnest 
and untiring kind. The amateur, loaded to the muzzle with theory and technical in- 
formation and provided with the best appliances, usually fails wretchedly as a practi- 
cal photographer at the start, and finds himself obliged not only to learn more than 
he had previously imagined possible, but to unlearn the greater part of the details 
acquired by hard study of " the authorities." For, as no man can teach another to 
build a house or preach a sermon by simply describing the manual or mental pro- 
cesses involved, so no one can teach photography by means of written rules. Condi- 
tions differ; what may prove the best plan of procedure in one case may be the very 
worst in another; and only by long and arduous experience can these shades of vary- 
ing circumstances be detected and overcome. 

The real photographer is therefore both an artist and a natiiral philosopher, gifted 
with fine intuition and ready resource, and the products of his camera bear the im- 
press of a master hand. 

Such an artist is Mr. Sherman Gregg, who for twenty-three years has stood at the 
head of his profession in this city— for ten years at No. 14 State street, and since 1875 
on the third and fourth floors of the Pritchard block. No. 94 State street. Mr. Gregg 
has devotee) all the best years of his life to his art, and as a practical photographer 
has no superior and few equals. He dabbles but little with collateral branches, giving 
almost undivided attention to photography in its highest development, and the numer- 
ous magnificent pictures that adorn his walls attest the success that has attended 
his labors. His establishment is a most attractive one, large, airy, perfectly lighted 
and luxuriously furnished, provided with all desirable conveniences, and equipped 
with a perfect ©omplement of newly-improved apparatus and accessories. Nothing 
has been left undone to please the most fastidious, and his fine studio is the re- 
sort of the best people of Rochester and Western New York in search of superior pic- 
tures in all styles, from the unpretentious little card vignette to the grand panel por- 
trait of the single sitter or group. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 243 



SALTER BROTHERS, 



Florists— Floral Oesisns. Cut Flowers, House and BeiUling' Plants— tjireen- 
liouses. Xo. 2-ll> Park Ave.— Salesroom, Xo. 43 West Slain St., Powers Hotel. 

It is asserted by those who make a study of the emotions that constant indulgence 
in any particular sentiment, whether of the softer or the harsher sort, tends to develop 
that sentiment into a passion of greater or less power. However this may be, it is 
evident that the love of flowers is susceptible of almost unlimited cultivation, and 
feeds upon its object. How else can we account for the all-pervading extent to which 
it exists in the city and vicinity of Rochester, the American metropolis of flowers and 
flowering shrubs? They grow everywhere abundantly — in gardens, front yards, par- 
lors, chamber windows, offices, and in summer on the door-steps and beside the paths 
— yet no one ever wearies of them or thinks them too plentiful. Dandy and belle, 
clergyman and lawyer, merchant and mechanic, rich and poor, old and young, large 
and small — the very street Arabs— wear them in profusion, and no occasion of mourn- 
ing, festivity or formality is considered complete unless richly embellished with 
flowers in bouttonieres, bouquets, wreaths, garlands and emblems without number. 

Prominent among those whose labors have contributed to this elevating passion 
(for it is no less) is the celebrated firm of Salter Brothers, natives of Canada, who 
located in Rochester as long ago as 1865— twenty-three years — and from that time to 
this have devoted themselves with constantly augmenting success to the cultivation 
of flowers and the supplying of the local demand for these lovely evidences of nature's 
bounty. Commencing operations in an unpretentious way, with limited facilities and 
in the face of unusual difficulties, yet possessed of indomitable pluck, perseverence 
and industry, these gentlemen have built up a connection and developed a trade of 
extraordinary proportions. Their greenhouses at No. 249 Park avenue are among the 
largest and finest to be found anywhere, five in number, 18x100 feet each, and pre- 
senting at all seasons an unsurpassed array of floral attractions. These greenhouses 
were established in 1880, and are celebrated far and near for their extent and perfec- 
tion ot arrangement, as well as for the attractiveness of their product. The city store 
is a bower of beauty, occupying the large and handsome store No. 42 West Main 
street, Powers Hotel. Here can at all times be found a great variety of rare flowers, 
and orders given for floral designs of any kind, original or otherwise, cut flowers, 
house and bedding plants, etc., are received and promptly executed, and delivered or 
shipped to any desired point. 



M. A. ZIMMERMAN, 



Manufacturer of Fine Candies— Xo. H6 Fast Main St. 

Fine candies may be fairly classed as staple luxuries for which there is always a 
steady demand. The less said in regard to cheap confectionery the soonest mended, 
but even the very anchorite in his cell may be pardoned for an occasional yearning 
for a toothful of pure and dainty sweetness such as is provided for the high-toned 
confectioner's patrons — a treat at once healthful, delicious and harmless. Promment 
among the manufacturers of fine, unadulterated candies stands Mr. M. A. Zimmerman, 
whose factory and salesroom occupy the neat and convenient three-story brick build- 
ing, 17x85 feet, at No. 86 East Main street, Rochester, where several skilled operatives 
are employed and goods to the value of about S25,0OO were produced and sold during 
1887, for the most part to retail dealers all over Western New York. 

Mr. Zimmerman's specialties embrace full lines of fancy confectionery of the 
purest and most attractive kinds and styles, besides a general variety of staple candies, 
etc. He is also an extensive manufacturer of superior ice-cream, fruit and water ices, 
and fills orders promptly and in the best style for parties and picnics. His soda 
fountain is a feature of his place of business — one of the largest and most magnificent 
in the State, outside of the metropolis. 

Mr. Zimmerman is of Canadian birth, established himself here on a small scale in 
March of 1881, and by dint of energy, industry, liberality and upright dealing has 
built up the flourishing trade he now directs, and which bids fair to develop into 
vast proportions. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. 



244 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



ROCHESTER PIPE TONGS COMPANY. 



Henry F. Smith. Ittanaser— Manufacturers of Adjustable and Common Pipe 
Tongs and Machine Handles— Xo. a«9 Mill St. 

A necessity has always 
beeu appreciated by all who 
had occasion to handle pipe 
of different diameters for 
some adjustable tongs that 
would do equally well for all 
sizes, and thus dispense with 
the cumbersome method of 
carrying various sizes of 
toags and' the loss of time 
made by the exchange of the 
different sizes. Several pat- 
terns of alleged adjustable 
Tiipe tongs were introduced, 
but it remained for the Roch- 
ester Pipe Tongs Company 
to manufacture the simplest, 
most perfect and moat read- 
ily adjusted adjustable tongs 
ever made, and whose excel- 
lence is so manifest that the 
company are behind in their orders, although the capacity of their works is from 
two hundred to two hundred and fifty pairs of tongs daily. 

At the works, at No. 289 Mill street, the company have a fine plant of machinery 
for the making of these tongs and also for the other specialties they perform, the 
manufacture of machine handles and for drop forging. Sales of their products are 
made all over the United States, and, as before stated, the company is behind with 
its orders, but this defect will soon be remedied, as the plant and works is to be en- 
larged and amplified in capacity. 

Mr. Henry F. Smith was born in this city and has always resided and done 
business here, and his ample experience is devoted to the enterprise in which he is 
engaged and which he has made so successful. 




JAMES G. CUTLER, 



Architect— East Side Savin^^s iBank Building, Main St. 

Mr. Cutler has a tangible recognition of the esteem wherein he is held by mem- 
bers of his profession, in his occupancy of the presidency of the Western New York 
State Association of Architects; and decisive proof of the value in which his profes- 
sional knowledge aad its application is held by the public is found in the frequent 
demand made for his services. It is a work of useless effort to publish a long list of 
the works of the gentleman who built the celebrated W. S. Kimball factory, on Court 
street; the Gleuny building, on East Main street; and the Elwood block, on the 
corner of Main and State streets; these edifices, in their architectural beauty, their 
solidity of construction, yet airiness and lightness of design; their compact and effect- 
ive utilization of space at command, stand as monuments of Mr. Cutler's skill and 
its perfect utilization, and need no eulogium at our hands. Among the private resi- 
dences Mr. Cutler has erected in Rochester may be especialy mentioned those of 
Messrs. William S. Kimball, G. C. HoUister, John Van Voorhis and Ward Clark. These 
are particularly noticeable for elegance of design and harmonj' of structure. 

Mr. Cutler is a native of Albany, N. Y., and has resided in this city for sixteen 
years, during which time he has been prominently identified with all movements look- 
ing toward the advancement of the city's interests or the conservation and enlargement 
of her trade and commerce. He is an active member of our new Chamber of Com- 
merce, and he is now chairman of the sub-committee on public improvements, as will 
be seen by reference to the history of that body elsewhere in this volume. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 245 



E. D. WEBSTER, 

Ileal ftfitate— Xo. 59 Osburii Houne Itlock. 

There is always safety in judicious real estate investments. They do not, to be 
sure, always furnish immediate returns, yielding large profits, but for the men and 
women of means, who have no other employment for their money than to know it is 
safely invested where the outcome will be advantageous, there can be no safer 
depository for wealth than in wisely selected real estate purchases. 

Realizing the truth and force of the foregoing general statements, let us look for 
a moment at facts and indications, patent to the careful observer; which should 
render such investments especially promising here in the city of Rochester and its 
immediate vicinity. 

There is a vast and noteworthy difference between the Rochester of to-day and 
the Rochester of ten years ago. During the last few years this city has shown a 
marvelous advance in every respect that goes to establish strength and perpetuity. 
Any one at all familiar with Rochester can see at a glance that she has thrown off the 
garb of a country town on the banks of the Genesee and is attired in full city dress. 
This phenomenal growth is becoming widely known, and it may be safely said that 
this city has reached that point where no obstinacy of any number of "old fogies " 
can hinder or retard it. Rochester to-day revels in trade, commerce, manufacturing 
and in all those manifold enterprises which go toward the rapid and substantial 
growth of a city. To her has lately been added many important adjuncts of power, 
notable among which is the Chamber of Commerce, and with them she is pushing 
forward at a rate which only the shrewd observer can comprehend. Steps are being 
taken to increase the water supply of the river, to add natural gae as fuel to our in- 
dustries. These and many other important matters are in charge of the organized 
business brain of the city, and they can not fail to broaden her avenues of trade and 
increase her life and power. Add to these the further fact that Rochester is 
recognized as one of the finest residence cities in America, 6nd they all point to 
Rochester as certainly an extra good place in which to make real estate investments. 

Mr. E. D. Webster is an old resident and citizen of Rochester and as such has 
great faith in the city and her future. He has seen many changes during his 
thirty-four years' residence in Rochester, and he believes that no better opportunity 
was ever offered to the careful investor to buy and hold real estate than is now offered 
here; and he offers his sagacity, knowledge and business experience to assist any and 
all who desire such services. 



JOHN E. DUMONT, 

Slerchandiji^e Broker— Xos. 65 and 66 Trast Bnildiii)^. Exchange St. 

The merchandise broker has become a necessity to the transaction of business 
under modern methods. Carrying superb lines of samples, he is prepared to fill 
heavy orders much more promptly, at lowest market quotations, and with much less 
friction and trouble than even the best equipped wholesale dealer. This applies par- 
ticularly to the grocery trade, in which, his commissions coming from the seller 
instead of the buyer, he enjoys obvious advantages. 

One of the most energetic, progressive and successful merchandise brokers of whom 
we have any knowledge is Mr. John E. Dumont, who occupies the elegant offices 
Nos. 65 and 66 Trutt building. Exchange street, and makes the handling of sugars, 
teas and coffees in car-load lots his leading speciality, dealing exclusively with the 
wholesale trade. He offers as good terms and as prompt delivery as can be obtained 
in the New York market from the importers themselves, and saves to purchasers all 
the annoyances attending the ordering and transportation of the goods. Mr. Dumont 
is the Rochester agent for N. K. Pairbank & Oo.'s products, on which he always fur- 
nishes the lowest quotations. He confines his operations to the Rochester wholesale 
trade, with whom he is quite popular, and does a large and increasing business. 

Mr. Dumont came to this city from New York and established himself in this 
business in 1881. He is an energetic, industrious and successful young man, and one 
of the first to unite with the new Chamber of Commerce. His correspondents, includ- 
ing leading importers, refiners, packers, etc., are located at the principal ports and 
sources of supply — New York, Boston, Chicago, New Orleans and Yokohama. 



246 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



JOSEPH LOVECRAFT & SON, 



Manufacturers of Barrel Heads— Xo. 253 Allen St. 

The manufacture of barrel Leads forms another distinct branch of the barrel busi- 
ness. Of these establishments there are two in the city of Rochester, though the one 
that gives exclusive attention to this specialty is by far odds the largest, viz., that of 
Messrs. Joseph Lovecraft & Son. Mr. Joseph Lovecraft, the founder of this well- 
known house, came to this country nearly a half century ago, and began business as 
a manufacturer of coopers' wood tools, in which special branch he became favorably 
known throughout the United States. He continued the business for nearly a quarter 
of a century, when he embarked in the manufacture of barrel heads — a business that 
has since grown into vast proportions, as we shall presently show. But recently Mr. 
Joseph Lovecraft died and the business has since then and will hereafter be con- 
ducted by his son, J. E. Lovecraft, though the trade of the house will be continued 
under the old name. This gentleman has an experience in the business of nearly 
twenty years, and will assuredly add fwrther prestige to the name the firm already bears. 
The property occupied by this firm is situated at No. 252 Allen street, extending along 
the Erie canal a distance of about 400 feet. Therefore, for facilities in shipping their 
stock by water, they are unsxirpassed, while also the steam cars are in close proximity 
to their workshops. The grounds are almost entirely covered by buildings and store- 
houses, in which a year's supply of stock is usually to be found. The wood used in 
making these heads is basswood, and is received principaly from the State and 
Canada in large (juantities. This w^ood is thoroughly seasoned, thus rendering it a 
certain preventative of warping. About five thousand cords are used annually in this 
one specialty, which, according to figures, produces enough headings for nearly a 
million of barrels. These headings are honestly made, of good material, and are pro- 
nounced the best in this country. From letters in the firm's possession, received from 
leading houses in New York and other cities, we see that their goods command a half 
cent more than the actual market price, and that some houses fairly beg to be supplied 
with their stock. This must be highly gratifying to them, as such testimonials are of 
no small value to a business firm. Mr. J. E. Lovecraft, who gives the business his 
entire attention, is a young man of a far-seeing mind, and is destined, with the capa- 
bility possessed by him, to largely augment the business, and to maintain the high 
character the house has borne for the past quarter of a century. 



J. T. SCHAFFER & CO., 



Manufacturers of Hydraulic and Hydrostatic Machinery— Xo. 233 Mill St. 

This representative Eochester house was established in 1865, by J. C. Schaiier, 
with premises at No. 3 Hill street, whence the concern was removed to its present 
admirable location in the Coleman building, No. 233 Mill street, in 1875. Upon the 
demise of the first named gentleman in 1885 Mr. J. T. Schaffer succeeded to the 
business, which he conducts with conspicuous ability. The firm owns one of the 
most complete steam plants of its kind in the State, and has in its employ some of 
the most skillful men in the trail e. The factory, occupying an area of 3,000 square 
feet, is eqxiipped in the most perfect manner, and the routine of work progresses with 
a smoothness and regularity to be seen only in the best conducted establishments, 
and those in which principals and subordinates are accustomed to a thorough per- 
formance of their respective duties. The special manufactures of the firm are hydrau- 
lic machinery for railroad and machine shops and machinery for labeling packages. 
Its trade extends over the world, in the most I'emote quarters of which may be found 
the products of J. T. Schaffer & Co.'s factories. Their hydraulic and hydrostatic 
presses are in use on the majority of the railroads in the States. Of their various 
presses those in the most general use are the No. 4 for forcing on and off car wheels, and 
the No. 5, a crank pin press. These presses are made of every description and size, 
and adapted to every purpose. The talent and enterprise of the successive heads of 
the house have raised it to a position of undisputed supremacy among hydraulic 
machine manufacturers. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTEB. 



247 



A. S. MANN & CO. 



Abrani >>». ]VIann, Elbert. B. 3Iaun— JIanufacturers of the Roller Lacing Corset - 

»lo. ai State Street. 



CORSET ON WHEELS. 




It yields to every movement 
of the body. The rollers take 
all strain from the corset and 
give perfect compensation for 
every movement. You breathe, 
sing, sit and stoop easier in the 
ROLLER LACING CORSET. 
Pulling the cord rolls the rollers 
and draws the Corset to any 
degree of tightness without 
friction on cord. The lacing 
cord runs on small metal roll- 
ers, between two flies, and 
laces it in an instant. 

Price, $1.00 and $1.25. 

Sold by Dealers or sent by Mai 

by the Manufacturers. 



A MARVEL OF 
COMFORT. 

Phy^ioinns reconsiiiend 

i( lor lifullli \\ li)-ii first 

put oil U eax. 

i<T than aa 

old corset 




■^^- 1 



ROCHESTER.NY 



One of the principal difficulties hitherto experienced by ladies in the weariug of 
corsets has been the almost impossibility of making them conform easily to the 
varying positions of the body — standing, fitting, stooping, etc. — owing to the sharp 
angle formed by the cord in passing through the eyelet preventing its yielding and 
thus allowing the corset to adjust itself to changing postures. The new Maun roller 
lacing corset — the "corset on wheels" — is especially designed to overcome this 
obstacle, pivoted rolls being substituted for the ordinary metal eyelets and the cord 
running freely over them, providing for a uniform tension A 

under all circumstances, the corset conforming easily and 
naturally to the shape and position of the wearer. The 
accompanying cut shows the roller corset system separately 
and as applied. Figure 1 is the solid metal shaft on which 
the roller turns ; Fig. 2 the grooved metal roller; Fig. 3 the 
^^mg two inside metal washers which are driven up on the shaft 
to the shoulder, to keep the roller from the cloth, and also 
prevent the lacing cord from running off the wheel, and Fig. 
4 the outside metal washer upon which the end of the shaft 
is upset and riveted, clamping the cloth. Cut A shows the 
rollers in process of insertion in the corset flies. Sixteen of 
these rollers— eight on a side — are all that are reqiiired. The 
lacing may be done from the bottom or from the middle as 
desired. A simple pull of the cord turns every roller and 
rolls the cord along, draws the opposite edges of the corset 
towards each other and laces it in an instant, as tightly as 
desired; let go of the cord and it is loosened as quickly. There is no friction to wear 
out the cord. Every pressure on any part of the corset is taken up by the cord and 
rollers, and they all turn when the pressure comes, giving a perfect compensation, 
removes the strain from the corset itself and prevents the constant breaking of steels. 
If the wearer stoops, that portion of the lacing upon which comes the most strain will 
yield by the lacing readily moving over the rollers, and upon assuming an upright 
position a speedy uniform adjustment will follow. And the same principle operates 
unerringly, be the position what it may. It is the best corset in existence, and the 
wearer sits, stands, reclines, stoops, walks, sings and breathes more easily in it than in 
any other. It is also applicable to shoes and gloves — in fact, to anything that re- 
quires lacing. 

The Mann roller lacing is patented in this country, Canada, England, France 
and Belgium, the patent covering eAery point capable of infringement. 

Messrs. A. S. Mann & Co., the manufacturers and patentees, have been established 
in the dry goods business in this city for the past fifty years, and in connection with 




248 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 

their other business have for two years past been engaged in the manufacture of the 
Roller lacing corset. Their factory in the citj' is fally equipped with special 
machinery capable of producing some 6,000 set of rolls and attachments daily. Their 
trade, heretofore local and Western principally, is rapidly extending in other direc- 
tions, with a most cheering outlook. 



ATWATER & ARMSTRONG, 



Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Pine, Hemlock and Hard\%'ood liuniber— 
Office and Yards, Corner Piatt and Allen Sts. 

Among the leading lumber firms of Rochester the above name has now become 
familiar. The business and location has long been established, the present firm 
purchasing the interest of C. P. Hazard, the former proprietor, in August, 1887. 

The yards are large and extensive, located on Piatt and Allen streets, and extending 
back to the canal bank, with three hundred feet dockage, affording excellent facilities 
for the receiving of lumber by boat and the shipment to other points. The storage 
capacity is upwards of 2,500,000 feet of all classes of lumber, shingles, lath, etc. For 
the better convenience of their numerous customers, a planing and matching machine 
mill is run in connection with the yard, and lumber dressed, finished and moulded to 
any desired style. 

A general line of building and hardwood lumbers, including white and yellow 
Southern pine, Michigan pine and hemlock, in addition to hardwoods, lath and 
shingles, are always kept in stock. 

The trade is not strictly confined to the city, large shipments being made to the 
surrounding cities and towns, a specialty being made of sash, door and blind lumber. 

The members of the firm, Silas I. Atwator and Wm. B. Armstrong, are originally 
from Buffalo, N. Y., but during their residence in this city have demonstrated that 
they are practical, thorough business men, combining all the requisites which go to 
make the successful man. During the present year their sales will exceed 5,000,000 feet of 
lumber of all classes, an increase of 100 per cent over other years. In connection with 
their yard they maintain and operate an extensive box factory, known as the Rochester 
Box Factory, which is in a prosperous and flourishing condition. 



G. W. & F. P. CROUCH, 



nanufiacturers and Wholesale and Retail l>ealers in I^iuniber, Sash. Doors, 
Blinds, etc.— Crouch's Island. 

This house was founded by G. W. and C. T. Crouch in 1856, and has always occu- 
pied a commanding position in the lumber trade of Western New York. Several 
changes have taken place in its personnel, the last in 1887, when Mr. G. W. Crouch 
admitted his son, F. P., and the present style was adopted. The plant is a very ex- 
tensive one, requiring for its accommodation eleven acres of land on Crouch's island, 
to which are added, under lease, a large planing-mill and a saw-mill, run by sixty and 
forty horse-power engines respectively, and well-equipped, the planing-mill especially 
having a very complete and valuable outfit of modern sash, door and blind manufac- 
turing and scroll-turning machinery, and producing vast quantities of finished work. 
The yards are stocked with seemingly inexhaustible supplies of hardwood, hemlock, 
white and yellow pine lumber of every description, which is delivered or shipped rough 
or dressed to the trade at home or at any desired point, at lowest ruling quotations. 
The firm also keep on hand large stocks of laths, shingles, fence-posts, pickets, etc., 
which are sold on liberal terms. In all they handle an average of 10,000,000 feet an- 
nually of all varieties of lumber and building materials. 

Both members of the firm were born in Rochester. Mr. G. W. Crouch is of Eng- 
lish parentage, sixty-four years of age, a pioneer in the lumber business, an active 
bufciness man, and a leading member of the Chamber of Commerce. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



249 



H. A. OCORR & CO., 



Manufacturers of Doors, Windows, Blinds and Mouldings— Rochester, 5f. Y. 

This important industry, of which 
the firm under notice is a worthy rep- 
resentative, has a large following in 
Rochester, and none of the houses- 
engaged in the manufacture of sash 
and blinds have a higher reputation 
or a more prominent btatus than 
that of Ocorr & Co. That the work 
of this firm is well-known and fully 
appreciated in and about the city 
may be inferred from the fact that 
orders have become so extensive as 
to occasion the increasing of their 
facto? y to three times it» original 
capacity. Besides the regular line of 
goods this house makes a specialty of 
mouldings, turning, stair work, etc.,, 
in the artistic execution of which they are highly succeesful. The extent of the- 
business done may be judged from the quantity of lumber used, which annually 
amounts to oae million feet. This is worked up by the specially flue machinery con- 
tained in the company's large factory which is located on the corner of Central avenue 
and North Water street, within two blocks of the Union Central depot. It is equip- 
ped in a thoroughly complete manner and is a model of its kind. The works give 
employment to about fifty hands, including many of special skill, whose labors are 
closely overlooked by the employers. The firm is composed of H. A. Ocorr and 0. 
H. Rugg, whose success has been so marked that they may entertain very promising 
expectations for the future. These gentlemen are also members of the new Chamber 
of Comuierce. 

PREMIUM TOBACCO WORKS. 




S. F. Hess & Co., Manufacturers of Tobacco, Cigars and Cigarettes, and 
Wholesale Dealers in Licaf Tobacco— Xo. 57 Kxchange St. 

John Disbrow, in 1838, established this magnificent enterprise. In the fall of 1867 
the business was purchased by Mr. S. F. Hess, and in 1876 the enterprise became 
known as S. F. Hess & Co., the company being S. V. McDowell. At length, in 1886, 
an incorporated company was accordingly chartered with ample capital, the officers 
at present being: S. F. Hess, president; S. V. McDowell, vice-president; W. J. 
Mclvelvey, secretary; F. Judson Hess, treasurer. 

The present company fully sustain the reputation gained by the house instituted 
fifty years since, the Premium Tobacco Works of S. F. Hess & Co. being the oldest in 
Western New York, and one of the most extensive. The capacious premises now 
occupied by the firm are at Nos. 57, 59, 61 and 63 Exchange street, of brick, six 
stories, each 68x165 feet, some 70,000 square feet of floor space being thus at the 
service of the house. Their three hundred and eighty employes and a magnificent 
plant of machinery are kept busy. The daily output comprises': Fine cut chewing 
tobacco, 2,200 pounds; granulated and long-cut smoking tobacco, 2,200 pounds; plug 
tobacco, 750 pounds (this being the only house in the State outside of New York 
city that manufactures plug tobacco); cigarettes, 240,000 daily (capacity for manufac- 
ture, 300,000 per diem); cigars, 3,000,000 annually, of fine grades only, the well and 
favorably known " Seal Skin " being the leading brand. 

The variety and grade of goods made by this leading house are too many to men- 
tion in a brief article like this; but among tobaccos the celebrated "Premium" is 
a great favorite with all who chew fine-cut. and this tobacco is that from which 
the works derived their name and is the principal base for their unexcelled reputation. 
The " Creole " cigarette is also a noted article made by this house, and is especially 
beloved by those addicted to cigarette smoking. A ready market is found all over 
the world for the product. 



250 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



CHARLES PEIFFER, 



Manufactiirei- of Krushes of All Kinds— Xo. l«t» IVorth ^'ater St. 

The market is flooded with trash called brushes, which 
are useless for any purpose and a waste of time and material 
on the part of the manufacturer, causing greater waste of 
money, patience and temper on that of the purchaser. The 
first requisite in buying a brush of any kind, provided you 
are not a competent judge of this class of goods, is to learn 
the maker's name and reputation; if they are unknown, re- 
fuse ; if otherwise, buy. Those who invest in a brush of 
Chas. Peiffer's Kochester make, know just what they are 
buying, and get the worth of their money. Mr. Peiffer has 
been engaged in the manufacture of this class of goods here in Rochester— at first 
on North avenue, latterly at No. 168 North Water street— since 1882, and has ac- 
quired both fame and a large business, requiring two floors 25x60 feet and the help of 
six skilled hands, his trade extending to all parts of Western New York. He maau- 
factares every description of brushes— bristle, fibre, wire, straw, cocoa, Tampico, 
palmetto, etc. — all of the best grades, and sells very cheaply in quantities. His lead- 
ing specialties, Russia bristle hair, cloth, hat and tooth brushes and machine brushes, 
are pronounced equal to the best imported. 




JOHN C. BARNARD, 



Dealer in Artists' Materials, Paints, Oils, <iilass, etc.— Xo. [SSa East Main St. 

This prominent house was establishel by Mr. Henry Barn ard, the father of the 
present proprietor, in 1855, and its existence for over thirty years has only cemented 
the attachment of old customers, while their hearty endorsement, and the excellent 
reputation of the house and the articles sold has constantly brought new patrons. In 
1870 the present proprietor, Mr. John C. Barnard, succeeded to the business, and the 
store at present occupied is at No. 25 East Main street, where a full line of paints, 
glass, oils, etc., is constantly kept in stock, and a specialty made of artists' materials 
and various articles for decorating, great attention being paid to the constant changes 
made in such articles, so that the latest design or article will always be found at this 
store. The trade there done is principally in the city and throughout Western New 
York, the long and excellent standing of the house having built up a very fine and 
remunerative trade. 

Both Henry Barnard and John C. were born in this city, Mr. Henry Barnard 
having been the first child born here— in 1816— whose parents were married in Roch- 
ester; he died in 1880. John C. Barnard is well and widely known, and is highly 
esteemed for his personal and commercial equity and fair dealing. 



H. G. OLIVER, 



Machinist and Model Maker— Bee Hive Building. Aqueduct St. 

With the commencement of the present year Mr. H. G. Oliver assumed the sole 
proprietorship of the business which had been carried on by him in conjunction with 
Mr. Dustin, under the style of Dustin & Oliver, since 1883. The premises of the 
firm in the Bee Hive building are spacious and afford exceptional facilities for suc- 
cessful operations. They are provided with splendid automatic cam cutting machines, 
and various other apparatus of use in the business. A force of twenty-two men is 
employed, among whom are some of the best and most highly skilled mechanics. 

The special manufactures of the firm are Beach's patent paper box staying machine 
and La Borde's patent sole splitting machine. The former is a new invention of 
extraordinary merit, wonderful in its economical and automatic achievements. It 
performs the entire work of seven hands and saves at least two-thirds of the usual cost 
of staying paper boxes. Mr. Oliver enjoys the monopoly of manufacture of this useful 
machine, which is destined to affect the paper box trade in an incalculable degree. 
This house has a large trade in Rochester and the vicinity, which exhibits every sign 
of great development in the immediate future. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 251 

GEORGE J. MICHEL, 

Machinist— Manufacturer of Sidewalk Rlevators— Repairer of Power Elevators 
— General Jobber— Oealer in Pulleys, t^hafting: and Hangers— No. 79 North 
^Vater St. 

Of the numerous machinists whose industry and ingenuity contribute to the ma- 
terial prosperity and advancement of the city of Kochester, few, if any, are more pop- 
ular at home or have a more liberal local patronage than has Mr. George J. Michel 
born, bred and trained to his calling in some of the most noted machine-shops here! 
A practical mechanic of rare skill, he adds to the merit of indefatigable energy and 
perseverence the virtue of enterprise and public spirit, and probably takes as much 
satisfaction in the progress of the city of his home as in the flourishing condition and 
bright prospects of his own business. Mr. Michel first established himself at No. 109 
North Water street, in 1882, removing subsequently to Nos. 165 and 167, and in 1887 
to his present location. No. 79 North Water street, where he occupies the first floor, 
40x90 feet, of the Ailing building, employs a good force of skilled Avorkmen, and is 
amply provided with all necessary machinery, steam and water power, and is doing a 
large and increasing business. 

Mr. Michel's leading specialty is the construction of improved sidewalk elevators 
for handling goods and materials— a class of machinery now so familiar to the busi- 
ness public as to require no description — in which he has been extremely successful. 
He also manufactures and keeps on hand a large and varied line of pulleys, shafting^ 
hangers, etc., and gives prompt attention to all orders for repairs to power' elevators 
of every description, jobbing, and similar work. 

Mr. Michel began in a small way, but has built up a large and growing business 
locally, and all over Western New York and adjacent States. He deserves the good 
fortune that has attended his efforts so far, and it is safe to predict that he will even- 
tually become one of Rochester's leading manufacturers. 



THE ROCHESTER HOSIERY CO., 

Manufacturers of Hosiery and Fancy Knit dJoods- Corner Mill and Factory Sts. 

Among the many large enterprises that have their habitat in this city, and that by 
their comprehensive business dealings and large transactions have conferred upon 
Rochester her prestige as a manufacturing and commercial center, there is none more 
deserving of especial mention than the Rochester Hosiery Company, whose large and 
commodious establishment is situated on the corner of Mill and Factory streets. In 
the building occupied by this company they utilize four floors, 40x120 feet, and em- 
ploy two hundred and fifty operatives and a large quantity of special machinery for 
their various classes of manufacture. 

This house manufactures hosiery and fancy knit goods, making a specialty of 
woolen and merino hosiery, all of which finds a speedy sale throughout New York, 
Pennsylvania, the Eastern States, Chicago and the Western States and Territories. 

The present company was incorporated in 1886 with a capital of S50,000, and the 
otficers as at present : E. W. Osborn, president ; W. H. Almy, vice-president ; S. P. 
Moulthrop, secretary and treasurer, and Frank Ij. Dow, manager. The company was 
formerly located at No. 282 State street, but a short time since removed to their pres- 
ent location, where their quarters are larger and better adapted to the purposes of their 
manufacture, and where they have an entirely new plant of spinning and knitting 
machinery. Mr. Dow, the manager of the works, has had a large and comprehensive 
experience in this species of manufacture, as have the other officers of the company, and 
their capacity is developed to the utmost in sustaining the deservedly high reputa- 
tion enjoyed by the products of the Rochester Hosiery Company. 

All the members of the firm are Rochester men, and their commercial integrity 
and admirable business principles have not been the least of the factors in building 
up the excellent trade the house has at present, and which the various qualifications 
of the firm are constantly augmenting. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



GEO. R. FULLER, 



Manufacturer of Artilifial lie^s and Arms, Deformity Applianoes, Trusses. 
Supporters. Elastic Hosiery. Crutches, etc.— Xo. 147 State St. 




Mr. Geo. R. Fuller, one of the most noted of artiticial limb manufacturers and 
successor to the renowned Dr. Bly, has been established here since 1857, and worhing 
under new patents and at extremely moderate prices, has secured an immense patron- 
age based on actual merit, constructing improved artiticial legs and arras for disabled 
Union veterans on Government orders and also for ex- Confederate soldiers from sev- 
eral of the Southern States, provided for by their Legislatures. These limbs are 
constructed under new patents that embrace all valuable improvements, and, his 
facilities being of the best, he is enabled to furnish them at extremely low prices. 
He also supplies crutches to the Government under contract. 

Mr. Fuller conducts in connection with his artificial limb establishment a com- 
pletely equipped department for the manufacture and fitting of deformity appliances 
of all kinds, trusses and special pads for hernia, elastic hosiery, etc. A large illus- 
trated descriptive catalogue is mailed free to applicants. 



LOUIS SACHS, 

Manufacturer of Paper Boxes of Every Description. Sample Cases, etc.— 
Room 40. Xos. 193, 197 and 190 State St. 

This is the oldest paper box manufacturing house in Western New York, estab- 
lished in 1848, by Mr. Frederick Sachs, father of the present proprietor, who learned 
the business in all iis branches under the careful instruction of his sire, and has 
steadily pursued it as daily worker and proprietor for thirty years or more, excepting 
four years spent in the service of his country as a soldier of the Union, iu the 140th 
New York Volunteer Infantry, returning and taking his old place when the rebellion 
collapsed. 

Mr. Sachs' establishment occupies room 40, upstairs over Nos. 195, 197 and 199 
State street— one floor 50x127 feet— employs thirty- five skilled operatives, and is 
fitted up with a full complement of modern improved machinery of the best kmds, 
run by a powerful and ingenious electric moter, the first ever put to practical use in 
Rochester. Making a specialty of fancy paper boxes for the use of perfumers, drug- 
gists, stationers, confectioners, etc., Mr. S. is at the same time fully prepared to fill 
orders to any extent for shelf, shoe and other boxes, his facilities enabling him to turn 
out vast quantities of any desired pattern, size or quality at short notice, as well as 
to manufacture any description of sample case required, singly or in quantities. Con- 
sumers of paper boxes and kindred goods will find an inspection of Mr. Sachs' estab- 
lishment both interesting and profit-able. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 263 



ERASTUS DARROW & CO., 





Publishers, Booksellers and stationers— Ko. 21-i East Slain St. 

This old and reputable concern was established in 1846 by 
Erastus Darrow in conjunction with his brother, Wallace Darrow, 
who is now New York State bank examiner. Henry Kempshall's, 
admission to the house was the occasion of a change in the style, 
and his decease resulted in the present firm. The publications of Erastus Darrow 
& Co. are chiefly of a useful character, some of the most noted being Martin's 
Interest and Average Tables, Elwood's Grain Tables, Baldwin's Pocket Homoeop- 
athist, Kenyon's English Grammar, Morey's Practical Arithmetic, Turner's History 
of the Phelps & Graham Purchase and Directory of Monroe County. These circulate 
throughout the country, the two former in particular being held in great favor by 
commercial men. The great care exercised in the compilation of all its publications 
has gained this house a reputation for reliability resulting in a trade representing 
$30,000 yearly, and increasing at a steady rate. The large capital invested in the con- 
cern, together with its other resources, allow a vast scope for the enterprising energy 
of the management. Mr. Darrow is widely known in commercial circles, having been 
one of the incorporators of the East Side Savings Bank in 1869, and one of the 
original stockholders in the Genesee Valley Railroad and Osburn House block. 

The stationery department is very full and complete, and is a leading feature of 
the house; commercial and legal printing and wedding and class invitations being a 
specialty for which the house has become justly celebrated. A full line of school books 
ana stationery is also carried, which is sold at wholesale and retail, and the publica- 
tions of the leading and standard publishing houses are carried in stock and added 
to as rapidly as new issues are made. 



THE O. L. DAVIS ELEVATOR GATE CO., 



Manufacturers of the Improved Elevator Crate— Factory, 159 X. IVater St. ; 

Oflioe. Xo. yy Xortli Ave. 

Among the various improvements recently added, which at the same time act as 
protection against life and limb, none are more worthy of special attention than the 
O. L. Davis improved elevator gate. The principles governing its construction and 
operation are both simple and effective and certain in operation, and a positive safe- 
guard against accident. The gates are constructed of both wood and iron, and are made 
of strips, in the form of lattice work. Those of wood are securely fastened by iron 
rivets, allowing all parts to work easily and systematically. The inner and upper 
portion is secured to the top of opening of the elevator space, the sides working in a 
groove on each side connected with the top, and running half downward is a strong 
steel spring which, after the gate has been raised, forces it back to its original position 
without jar or noise. It is also so regulated that it can be held stationery at any 
desired height. Another pattern, recently adopted, is somewhat on the same principle, 
with the exception that in place of opening upward it works from the side. This 
also is governed by a special attachment for regulating the size of the opening. 

All styles and sizes are manufactured, including wood, iron and steel, and for 
simplicity, durability, safety and cheapness they are unrivaled. Already large num- 
bers are in use in various factories throughout the city and surrounding country, 
giving in each instance perfect satisfaction. 

In connection with the elevator gates, the company manufacture the New York 
State Fence Company's improved farm or garden fence, which can be easily taken 
down or put up without trouble or inconvenience. 

The office and works of the company are located in the large four-story building 
No. 159 North Water street, where every facility is offered for the manufacture. A 
competent force of workmen is constantly engaged completing the work as ordered, 
and the trade, already large, is rapidly increasing. The members of the company 
are well known, enterprising business men of large experience, and the outlook for 
the future is exceedingly encouraging. 



25 i THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



HOLDEN & BROCK. 




Union Billiard Parlors and Reistaurant— Wos. 6, 8 and lO Mill ISt. 

In the present advanced age of athletic 
amusements there is not one that receives 
and deserves so much patronage as " the 
gentleman's game" — billiards. At the 
Union Billiard Parlor the game deserves 
this appellation, as it is the favorite resort 
of the elite of Rochesler, and to this careful exclusivenes3 the firm of Holden & Brock owe 
much of their popularity. With seventeen magnificent billiard and pool tables and 
all the choicest accessories, and rooms fitted up in the best style, a game of billiards 
at this popular resort is a luxury. In connection is a first-class sample room, and 
a restaurant where every delicacy of the season is served in appetizing style. 

The firm of Holden & Brock are also agents for the Benedict Billiard Table 
Company, and constantl}^ keep on hand a full line of new and second-hand tables and 
supplies, including the new patent chalkholder, a novel and useful device for avoiding 
the former nuisance of chalk boxes. 

This enterprising house was inaugurated by the present senior partner, Mr. James 
H. Holden, in 1883, Mr. Oscar J. Brock being admitted to a co-partnership in August, 
1885. The premises occupied comprise the three-story brick building at Nos. 6, 8 
and 10 Mill street, fitted up expressly for the present uses. Both members of the 
firm are New Yorkers, enterprising and thorough business men and affable and 
obliging gentlemen, and their personal popularity and accurate business methods 
have given their house its enviable prestige and remunerative and steadily increasing 
business. 



THE HILBERT TRUCK CO., 



Merchandise Transfer and Railway Freight Hauling— Office and Stables, Xos. 
1^4 and .136 Andrews St.— Branch Offices, Bir. Y. C. & H. R. Ry. Freight House, 
and Xo. 345 Meigs St. 

Merchants, manufacturers and others interested in the handling of heavy goods 
and railroad freight do not need to be told of the great value to them of a well-organ- 
ized trucking company, capable of performing promptly and well all work of that 
kind. It is for this purpose that the popular Hilbert Truck Company was estab- 
lished in 1863, and it has proved a remarkably successful venture. The stables are 
located at Nos. 124 and 126 Andrews street and 245 Meigs street, and are spacious 
and well-appointed, the Andrews street stable being 50 feet front by 170 feet deep and 
three stories in height, built of brick, with storage for fifty wagons, trucks and vans, 
and comfortable quarters for sixty horses in basement, the Meigs street stables .occu- 
pying about one acre of ground. Sixty men are regularly employed, and celerity, 
neatness and carefulness characterize all operations. 

The company do every description of light and heavy hauling, making specialties 
of the transfer of merchandise, machinery, safes, boilers, building materials, 
etc., to and from the railroad freight depots, the removal of furniture and freight 
generally, and give particular attention to the handling of safes, their facilities for 
hoisting and lowering the same being of the com pletest kind. Their storage ware- 
house and furniture vans are of the latest approved designs, the latter large, padded 
to prevent damage to goods, and in charge of trusty men. Their trucks are strong 
and well-made, mounted on springs, and capable of supporting any load that their 
powerful teams can move. 

The company is composed of experienced and responsible men, and all orders are 
executed quickly and in the best manner. The members of the firm are George F. 
Eoth, F. W. Embry and Charles W. Weis. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 255 

ROCHESTER GERMAN BRICK & TILE CO. 

V. F. "Whitmore, Preside nt ; 'Williain Vicinus, Treasurer; i$. W. HaK^'inaiii ^^t*- 
retaiy— Manufaoturerw of Briok and Tile— Xo. '470 Noath St. Paul !St. 

The Rochester German Brick and Tile Company was incorporated in 1877 with 
the above-named officers and a cash capital of $22,000, and the office of the company 
is at No. 2'<9 South St. Paul street, with yards and works at Brighton, comprising 
forty acres of land fitted up with engines and boiler-house, late improved brick and 
tile machinery, kilns, sheds, barns and houses for the accommodation of the em- 
ployes, one hundred in number. They also have another yard on Brook avenue — 20 
acres in extent— where fifty men are employed. Every convenience for the expedition 
of work is provided, and the quality of the output is beet attested by the demand, 
shipments being made to all points in the surrounding country, and the works pushed 
to their utmost capacity from the opening to the close of each season. While pre- 
pared to manufacture high grade drain tile on a large scale, it has been found most 
profitable to give special attention to building bricks, of which they turn out vast 
quantities of the best grades, both common and pressed. 



WHITMORE, RAUBER & VICINUS, 



l>ealers In All Kiiid!!« of Cut] intone, Medina anti Xorth Kiver Blue Stone, 
Flagging- and Platforni»«. Iross-^Valk, C'urli, Paving and Building Stone 
Buffalo Cement, Fire Briek. Fire 1 laj , Sewer Pipe, ete.— Xo. J4? O S. St 
Paul St. 

Among the more prominent and active of those who are engaged preparing for use 
the building stone indigenous to this neighborhood is the firm of Whitmore, Rauber 
& Vicinns, whose neat office and large yards are at No. 279 S. St. Paul street, where, 
during the reason, they employ a small army of men in cutting stone for the use of 
builders, and preparing it for sidewalks, platforms, cross-walks, curbs, and other 
purposes for which it is available, making specialties of the beautiful and durable 
Medina and North river blue stone. Among the more notable examples of their work 
may be mentioned the cut stone for Powers Hotel, the Safety Deposit and Trust Co.'s 
building, the Rochester German Insurance Company's building and other prominent 
edifices in Rochester and vicinity. Much of the best street, sidewalk and sewer work 
done for the city of late years was also executed by this firm, who, in addition to the 
handling of stone, do a large and prosperous business in cement, fire brick, fire clay, 
sewer pipe and kindred materials. 

The firm is composed of Messrs. V. F. Whitmore, John Rauber, William Vicinus 
and S. Wallace Hagaman, widely known and popular citizens. Mr. Whitmore is 
interested in numerous other business enterprises — is president of the Rochester 
German Brick and Tile Company, a director of the Merchant's Bank, and a manager 
of the State Industrial School. 



F. K. ADAMS & CO. 



steam Laundry— Xo.SOl State St., Opposite Central Ave. 

Mr. F. K. Adams, who for the past ten years has conducted the above laundry, has 
made it one of the most complete and famous in the city, fitted up with all approved 
modern machinery and doing the very best work ppssible to a thorough equipment 
and the employment of the most skillful labor, hisforce numbering about thirty ex- 
perienced male and female operatives. The establishment occupies the first floor 
and basement— each 18x205 feet— of the building No. 201 State street, and turns out 
a vast amount of superior work, the specialties embracing every description of 
laundrying, shirts and collars for men, ladies' fine work and lace curtains receiving 
particular attention. Two delivery wagons are kept constantly busy, and the patron- 
age steadily increases. 

Mr. Adams is a thoroughly practical young man, experienced and accommodating, 
and deserves the success that has attended his enterprise. He is ably assisted by 
Mr. J. E. Kelso, who also devotes his entire energies to the business. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



HOUGH & FORD, 



Manufaotiirers of Shoes— Factory and Oflioes, IVo. Ill Mill St. 

Among the many large Rochester 
houses engaged in the manufacture 
of shoes, that of Hough k Ford 
enjoys a prominent position. The 
business was commenced in 1865 
by Mills, Hough & Co.. of Auburn, 
N. Y., and in 1880 C. P. Ford be- 
came associated with the firm and 
it assumed its present style. At 
that time the house made only 
ladies' and misses' machine-sewed 
shoes, but shortly afterward added 
hand-sewed and youths' and chil- 
dren's shoes to their manufactures. 
The demand for their goods soon 
outgrew their manufacturing ca- 
pacity, and in consequence greater 
accommodation became necessary, 
and in 1885 the firm moved into 
the building which it now occupies 
on Mill street. This factory con- 
sists of six stories and is replete 
with the most improved types of 
machinery and appointments es- 
sential to the manufacture of shoes, 
having a capacity of 2000 pairs a 
day p.nd giving employment to 
upward of 200 hands. The offices 
are spacious and convenient, and 
the shipping facilities exceptional. 
The extensive trade of Hough & 
Ford with New York, Brooklyn and 
the vicinity has necessitated the 
establishment of a branch house at 
No. 133 Duane street, in the former 
city, where a full line of their 
goods is always on hand. Tue ex- 
cellence of their work is proved by the fact of their having gained medals at the 
World's Exhibition, New Orleans, and at the Southern Exposition, Louisville. But 
probably the best indication of public appreciation is found in the extent of their 
market, which covers the whole of the United States, and is not even confined to 
them. Their specialty is ladies' fine shoes, in the manufacture of which they are 
unexcelled. 

Upon Mr. Hough devolves the management of the practical details, while Mr. 
Ford's energies are devoted to the office affairs. Judging from the success of the 
firm, the right man is in the right place in each instance. 




C. H. BARRETT, 



Successor to I>ake & Barrett— Manufacturer of Hand and Machine -Sewed 
liadies' and Misses' Fine Shoes— Xos. ?J1 to 37 SI. Water St. 

The above-named prosperous shoe manufacturing firm has developed its present 
large and flourishing business from comparatively small beginnings in the short space 
of seven years, with flattering prospects of reaching the front rank of this great 
industry in point of volume, as it already has in quality of products, long before 
another like period shall have elapsed. Mr. Barrett is experienced, energetic and 
capable, full of spirit and enterprise, and popular with the trade wherever known, his 
goods being distributed in constantly increasing quantities throughout all that region 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 257 

looking^ to Rochester for its footgear, and including the States of New York, Pennsyl- 
vania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and other States. 

Mr, Barrett's exclusive specialties embrace choice lines of lalies' and misses' 
stylish fine shoes, in unexceptionable materials, workmanship, shapes and finish, 
McKay-sewed, hand-turned, hand-welted, neat, attractive, comfortable and service- 
able. The utmost care and skill are exercised in every department and at every step, 
from the selection of the leather to the shipment of the completed goods, to secure 
excellence, acceptability and dispatch, and the buyer may at all times depend upon 
the faithful and expeditious filling of orders. 

The factory, while not one of the largest in Rochester, is nevertheless a commodious 
one, affording 5,000 square feet of floorage, fitted up in the best style with the latest 
and most effective improvements in machinery adapted to the business, and gives 
employment to a large force of superior operatives, the output aggregating many 
hundred pairs daily, while the demand, steadily on the increase, points to an inevita- 
ble increase of facilities from time to time and the gradual augmentation of manu- 
facturing capacity. 

JOSEP H CO WLES, 

Praclieal Millwriffht and Wealer in Mill Machinery— SJo. 831 Mill St. 

The debt that civilization owes to the millwright is beyond computation and can 
never be repaid. Such is the reflection suggested by a visit to the mill works of Mr. 
Joseph Cowles, who occupies the commodious two-story brick structure No. 231 Mill 
street. Here, with a complete outfit of modern improved machinery and a force of 
twenty-five skilled mechanics, Mr. Cowles gives his attention to the manufacture of 
mill specialties generally, the construction of special mill machinery, the repairing 
of mills of every description, etc. He is prepared with all requisite facilities for per 
forming any desired work in his line, and contracts for the overhauling, improvement 
and modernizing of mills of all kinds, and the construction of new mills complete, 
giving personal and particular attention to the construction and substitution of new 
water-wheels for old in flouring, grist, paper and saw-mills. 

Mr. Cowles also conducts in connection with his works a large ware-room for the 
storage and sale of mill machinery. He is agent for a variety of superior turbine water 
wheels, Stevens' roller mills, concentrated roller mills, Rounds' sectional roller mills, 
etc., and guarantees satisfaction in every instance. He has been engaged in this busi- 
ness at the same place for twenty years, and has a widespread and well-earned repu- 
tation for skill and integritv. 



WEBER, SHEIL, ROSENBAUM & CO., 



Manufacturers of Youths' Boys' and Children's Clothing— Xo. 133 Xorth St. 

Paul St. 

Among the noted clothing manufacturers of this noted clothing center is the firm of 
Weber, Shell, Rosenbaum & Co., established in 1881. The individual members are all 
old residents whose entire business lives have been devoted to this industry, and 
probably no men in the trade are better known than Messrs. Joseph Weber, Frank J. 
Shell, Isaac Roseiibaum and Jonn A. Spies, all of whom are besides actively con- 
nected with the Chamber of Commerce and interested in every movement for ad- 
vancing the city's material interests. 

The firm's building at No. 133 St. Paul street is a very handsome and attractive 
one of five stories and basement, 25x85 feet, provided with stairways and elevators, 
splendidly lighted and ventilated throughout, and of itself a valuable and desirable 
property. In the basement is the commodious shipping department, on the first 
floor the offices and sample rooms, on the seooad floor the large and well-arranged 
cutting department, while the third, fourth and fifth floors are set apart for the storage 
of materials and reserve stocks of manufactured goods. 

The specialty of the house is the manufacturing of youths', boys' and children's 
clothing for the trade, in all grades and of the latest styles. They sell all over the 
Eastern, Middle and Western States, and have a steadily increasing volume of 
orders from discriminating buyers, their products being marked by taste, fit and 
superior material and workmanship. They import the fabrics consumed, and 
employ in all departments about two hundred and fifty people. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 




FRANCI S L. H UGHES, 

Manufacturer of Baby Carriages and Dealer in Bieyeles and Tricycles, Chil- 
dren's Wagons, Toys and Sfovelties— Bios. 07 and 69 Exchange »t. 

The home of a prosperous and tasteful 
people, ready at all times to adopt every novelty 
that will couduce to personal or domestic com- 
fort, convenience or enjoyment, Rochester is 
necessarily one of the best markets in the world, 
population considered, for the numerous devices 
that go to make up the stock of Mr. Francis L. 
Hughes, the enterprising and popular man- 
lafacturer of baby carriages and dealer in im- 
proved bicycles and tricycles, velocipedes and 
kindred goods, whose elegant emporium oc- 
cupies the attractive five-story brick building, 
60 feet front and 125 feet deep, at Nos. 67 and 
69 Exchange street. 

Mr. Hughes' factory is very extensive and 
equipped in the best manner, employmg a 
large number of skilled woodworkers, black- 
smiths, upholsterers, trimmers, etc., and turns 

out immense numbers of baby carriages in 

every conceivable style and grade. Of baby carriages alone he usually carries a 
stock of two thousand, ranging from the most luxurious and costly to the plainest 
and cheapest, selling a very neat carriage as low as S7, the prices running from that 
up to $50 and more. Specialties are made of the latest designs in parasols and up- 
holstering, and purchasers may have their carriages trimmed and finished to order 
in accordance with their own fancy, besides having an infinite variety of bodies, 
gears, sizes, etc., to select from. 

In his wheel department Mr. Hughes exhibits an average stock of one thousand 
machines, including all styles of American bicycles, tricycles, etc. He is sole agent 
for the 'Columbia" wheels, which include the Light Roadster, the Expert, the 
Volunteer, the Safety and the Veloce Columbia bicycles, ladies' and gentlemen's 
tandem tricycles, etc. He is also sole agent for the American Champion, Challenge, 
Safety, Ranibler and Ideal bicycles, and the Ideal tricycles, carrying in addition a 
fine stock of juvenile and youths' Apollo bicycles, children's velocipedes, and the 
popular new walking motion tricycle for girls. 

Mr. Hughes exchanges new vehicles and wheels for old, makes repairs of all kinds, 
deals in second-hand carriages and machines, and sells either for spot cash or on 
installments. 

STEIN, BLOCH & CO., 

Manufacturers anil ^Vholesale Tailors. ;i>ealers [in Fine Grades ot Men's, 
Youths', Boys' and Children's Clothing— Xorth »t. Paul St. 

This house was founded just twenty years ago by Stein & Solomon, and has done 
much to make Rochester the great leading American clothing manufacturing center. 
The new methods of cutting, making, finishing and marketing clothing originated 
with them, their trade connections extending to the remotest sections of the Union, 
and their sales for 1887 footing up over $ 1,000,000. The house occupies a magnificent 
new building erected expressly for the purpose on St. Paul street, 66 feet front, 208 
feet deep, and six stories above the basement, constructed of pressed brick with red 
Scotch stone trimmings — a truly palatial edifice, said to be the largest, handsomest 
and most perfectly appointed establishment of the kind in the world. 

The firm as at present constituted was organized in 1888, when Messrs. Louis N. 
and Abram N. Stein were admitted, their new and vigorous blood imparting fresh 
impetus to the superb old house. Mr. Leo. Bloch, the associate senior member, re- 
tains his place in the firm, however, and in his way is quite as indispensable as the 
elder Mr. Stein. Enterprise, sagacity, originality, unflagging energy, great liberality 
and strict integrity are the solid foundations upon which this firm have reared an 
enduring fame and a business connection which for extent and volume is surpassed 
by that of no similar establishment in the world. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 259 

CENTRAL UNION TRANSFER AND STORAGE CO. 



H.jtD. MeXanghton,jPresident ; Donaltl Me.Vaushton, Vice-President; H. I^. S. 
Hall. Secretary'lind Superintendent; S. S. Broiivn, Treasurer— Office and 
»$how Rooms, Xos. 119 to 131 West Main St. 

Warehousing methods have undergone great changes of late years, none of which 
are more marked than the establishment of great fire-proof establishments for the stor- 
age of miscellaneous merchandise, the warehouses being controlled and owned by 
responsible corporations and the business conducted systematically, in perfect order, 
and absolutely without risk of loss to their patrons. 

One of the most extensive, successful and popular of these associations designed 
for the public service ever organized here is the Central Union Transfer and Storage 
Company, incorporated February 4, 1884, with large capital and officered by the 
following prominent and favorably known citizens : President, H. D. McNaughton; 
vice-president, Donald McNaughton; secretary and superintendent, H. L. S. Hall; 
treasurer, S. S. Brown. The office and show-rooms of the company, large, airy and 
well-lighted, extend from Nos. 119 to 131 .West Main street, inclusive, and the ware- 
house—a massive brick and stone building — is situated at the intersection of the 
Central-Hudson railroad tracks and Moul on street. This great structure is arranged 
with special reference to the secure storage of portable goods of all kinds, including 
household furniture, machinery and every variety of perishable merchandise of a 
valuable and acceptable nature. Warehouse receipts are issued for goods in store, 
which are delivered on presentation of the same and payment of charges, or the 
goods are shipped to order of consignor. When desired property so stored is 
insured, otherwise it is held at owner's risk. 

The company have track connections with the principal railroads of the State 
centering at Rochester, except one, and have a private siding with a spacious plat- 
form its whole length, so that twenty cars can be handled at a time if required, and 
they can advance the interests of any manufacturer supplying New York, Northern 
Pennsylvania and the New England States. Under the present tariff a low' freight 
rate in car loads prevails to Rochester, and from this point ten railroads radiate in 
every direction, covering by direct shipment more of the important points with less 
mileage than any other railroad center in the territory referred to, and this company 
is giving more and better service for the charges than any similar institution. 
As the charges are in proportion to the amount of service rendered, they are able 
to render a full equivalent of the old plan of branch houses at a much reduced ex- 
pense, and by relieving the manufacturers of every care incident thereto, except the 
sales and collections, they are enabled to extend their business accordingly. Ap- 
preciation of the value of their services is attested by patrons all over the country. 

The company also own and manage a number of improved trucks, drays and 
furniture vans and teams to match, and give their attention to the packing, removal, 
storage or shipment of personal effects placed in their care. 



J. A. BRITENSTOOL, 



Manufacturer of Pants and Vests— 3fos. H-i and H-l Mill St. 

Of the several Rochester houses whose success is due entirely to the personal 
abilities and continuous efforts of their owners, none is more couspicuous than that 
under notice. Founded in 1875 on a very small scale, this house has been brought 
by its enterprising proprietor into a leading position in the industry. Four floors of 
the building at Nos. 82 and 84 Mill street are devoted to the manufacture of pants 
and vests, in their various stages. The first floor is given up to cutting and storage; 
the manufacture takes place upon the second and third, and on the next story are 
twelve machines of improved pattern and large capacity which engage the labor of 
forty-seven men, being about half the total number of hands engaged. The work 
progresses under the personal supervision of the proprietor, and is characterized by 
finished workmanship. To this fact is largely attributed the extensive trade derived 
from the Eastern, Middle and Western States. Mr. Britenstool's experience and 
judgment enable him to anticipate the needs of the market, and so to meet all 
demands with such promptness and in so satisfactory a manner as to beget custom. 
The owner of this promising concern is a native of Rochester. 



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THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



ROCHESTER PLOW COMPANY. 



James Viok, Pre!!«i<lent ; Oeoi'ge Vl^hiibeck, Secretary and Manager: Man- 
ufacturers of Improved Plows— Office and Works, Corner Culver Park 
and Henry isit. 




ROCHESTEU GANG PLO-W, 

tTrrpqualed for use in Vineyards, Orchards, Hop Yards 
and for general Farm use. Runs close to trees or 
vines. £ao/i j)/oio adjusted to plow a/ij/ depth. WiU 
plow 6 acres uer <lay easily. Kills thistles and weeds. 
Adapted to all soils and does not clog. Made in six 
sizes. Plows shallow or deep, narrow or wid(>. Has 
steel mole boards. Good terms to agents. Send for 
Illustrated Catalogue. 

Rochester Plow Co., 

Rochester, N. Y. 




ROCHESTER GRASS SEEDER. 

Iron Frame, Iron TVheel, Iron Clad. 

SOTVS all 

kinds of 

iGrass Seed 

Evenly. Ac- 

rately. SOWS 3 

to 10 lbs. per acre. 

Is nicely, easily 

adjusted. SOWS 

20 to 30 acres per 

day. Operated by 

a man or boy. 

, » . ■ ^ . - , SO WS from boxes 

12. Hand 16 feet, made V-shape, and 

rests in V. Iron nnckets in frame, close 

to wheel. No weight on operator. No 

„„ , . top-heaviness. Saves its cost in time ami 

seed in one season. Is knocked down and folded for shin 

P?PS. "^ stonnpr. Weighs 50lhs. Prices, J9.00, 19.50 and 

. 10.00, according to box. Liberal Discouyits. 

Rochester Plow Co., Rochester, N. Y. 

In 1885 this company was organized with a capital of $35,000, which was increased 
early in 1888 to $60,000. The works at Culver Park and Henry street are partly of 
brick, partly of wood, all of two stories, connecting with the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. 
tracks, and include a well-appointed foundry 40x60 feet, machine, finishing and black- 
smith shops, setting-up shop, paint shop, warerooms, etc. 

The plows turned out here are already widely known and popular with farmers every- 
where, and embrace a variety of styles for general use; among these may be mentioned 
their new chilled hand plows, which possess many improvements, being superior to 
any other in nice adjustment, work and finish. The Rochester gang plows for field 
and vineyard work are the best in the world and are made in several sizes. Nos. 6 
and 7 are for shallow plowing; the light " vineyard " gang, "styles A and B," are 
specially for vineyard and orchard work. The new " 18-88 " gangs are made in 
styles for field or vineyards and are justly praised for their perfect work, and Nos. 
12, 13 and 14 gangs are for sod or stubble, are used largely in the South and West, 
and are made either two, three or four plows in gang. Their two or three-horse 
" equalizers " are furnished to suit size and styl« of plow. The *' new Rochester " 
grass seeder, with spiral rod distributor and graduated shake lever for sowing grass 
seeds of all kinds, is a perfect and novel machine, and has already a large sale, and 
the "Rochester" steel snow and dust shovel, fine tempered steel blade 12x15 inches, 
white ash handle, is uuequaled for durability. 

The company is doiog a large and fast increasing business. President Yick is 
the well-known head of the great Rochester flower seed house, while Secretary and 
Manager Whitbeck is an experienced plow manufacturer and business man. 



STEELE & AVERY, 



Wholesale and Retail Booksellers and Stationers— Xos. 46 and 48 State St. 

This is the oldest house in the Flower City, the business having been inaugurated 
by Mr. Hoyt, afterward of the firm of Hoyt & Steele, seventy years since in this city. 
In 1855 he formed a partnership with Mr, S. S. Avery, under the firm name of Steele 
Avery & Co., the location being at No. 12 State street. In 1856 the present firm of Steele 
& Avery, comprising Mr. S. C. Steele and Mr. S. S. Avery, succeeded the firm of Avery & 
Co., and at the commencement of the war removed to No. 49 State street. Some years 
afterward the firm purchased their present eligible building at Nos. 46 and 48 State 
street and removed their business thither. There Messrs. Steele & Avery have an 
excellent location, central and convenient, and there they have a constant accession 
of new patrons and re-visitations of old ones. The building occupied is of brick, 
four stories, 30x100 feet, and is fully occupied by extensive and complete lines of 
stationery, etc. Messrs. Steele & Avery also do a large business of books, blank and 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 261 



printed, the latter comprising Bome exceedingly rare and curious volumes, a luxury 
for a bibliophile, as well as a great many recent works in costly and special bindings, a 
specialty being made of " editions de luxe." They do a large trade in visiting and 
invitation cards, having them engraved or printed to order, and also constantly keep 
on hand the latest novelties in ladies' stationery. In rare and beautiful devices in 
leather articles this house is unexcelled in the variety and comprehensiveness of its 
stock as in bronze and brass ornaments for the writing table or study, paper-knives, 
inkstands, etc., and their lines of goods in all these articles in their jobbing 
department is full and complete. 



CLARK & PAVIOUR, 

Fire Insuranoe Agents— Xo. 14 State St. 

The community boasts no more energetic or useful class of business men than are 
found in the ranks of the underwriting fraternity— men of address and earnestness, 
whose time, labor and eloquence are devoted to the service of their neighbors and 
whose highest ambition it is to protect their patrons from loss occasioned by fire. 
Among the most active and successful of these is the firm of Clark & Paviour, whose 
commodious office is situated up stairs in the building No. 14 State street. The firm, 
composed of Messrs. Curtis Clark and Kobt. S. Paviour, are successors to Ward & 
Clark, established many years ago, Mr. Paviour being admitted in 1883, on the death 
of Mr. Ward. The firm is one of the best known and most popular insurance agencies 
in Rochester, representing a line of firet-class fire insurance corporations, affording 
reliable indemnity, famous for promptitude in the adjustment and settlement of 
claims, among them the Phoenix Assurance Company of London, founded 1783, with 
American assets of §1,772,972; the Westchester of New York, founded 1837, capital 
S300,000, total assets SI, 343,587; the Pacific of New York, organized 1851, capital 
$200,000, assets S724,316; the Northwestern National of Milwaukee, Wis., established 
1869, capital S600.00O. assets Sl,393,560; the Equitable of Providence, R. I., founded 
1859, capital S300.000, assets 8560,081; and the Security of Connecticut, organized 
1841. capital .f 250,000, assets S638,873. Owners of buildings desirous of safe and sol- 
vent insurance will find what they want on application to Messrs. Clark & Paviour. 



THE PAINE DRUG COMPANY, 



Wholesale and Retail Druggists— Xo. 24 East llain St. 

This is the oldest drug house in Rochester, and the most extensive in Western 
New York. It was founded in 1820 by William Pitkin, who was succeeded by L. B. 
Swan, Messrs. Lane & Paine becoming the proprietors in 1852. The style was 
changed in 1878 to C. F. Paine & Co. In 1873 the concern removed to its present 
location, and early in the present year the Paine Drug Company was organized, 
composed of Messrs. L. C. Paine, C. D. Van Zandt and W. R. Barnum. 

The premises occupied by this leading establishment are worthy of its fame and 
the extent of its operations, comprising the capacious four-story and basement brick 
and stone building with stone front, 30x100 feet, at Nos. 24 and 26 East Main street, 
and it is thoroughly stocked on every floor with splendid lines of choice goods per- 
taining to the trade, carefully selected and comprising both staple and fancy items — 
pure drugs, chemicals, medicines, fluid extracts, wines and liquors for medicinal use, 
special preparations, druggists' supplies and sundries, toilet goods, perfumeries, etc. 

The largest line in Western New York is carried of surgical instruments, batteries, 
trusses, crutches, supporters, etc., and special attention is given to designing and 
fitting up large batteries for physicians, sanitariums and others. Their instrument 
stock comprises goods from all the best American houses as well as direct import- 
ation. 

Inspection of stock and facilities is invited and orders are promptly and satis- 
factorfly filled at lowest ruling quotations. 



262 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



THE POWERS HOTEL. 




The Flower City Hotel Company, 0\»'ner8— Buck & Sanger, liessees and Pro- 
prietoi-&— "*Vest Main andlFitzliugh Sts. 

Rochester has just reason 

to boast of the possession 

of one of the largest and 

finest, if not the very finest 

[hotel in the United States — 

[the Powers Hotel, erected 

Ij.gby the Flower City Hotel 

^^ Company, leased to and oc- 

cupied by Messrs. George 

III A. Buck and William H. 

511 Sanger, April 25, 1883. 

Constructed exclusively of 

li brick, cement and iron, the 

II Powers enjoys the distinc- 

^ tion of being one of the very 

te few absolutely fire-proof 

_j- hotel buildings in this 

^^^fe" country, while in point of 
solidity, grandeur and 
beauty of design it is an 
architectural triumph for which Messrs. A. J. Warner & Co. are to be envied. Special 
attention was given in the plans to the features of ventilation, lighting and sanitary 
plumbing, and it is doubtful if any building of equal magnitude anywhere is so 
perfect in these respects, scientific and practical skill having been exhausted to pro- 
vide for the health, comfort and pleasure of guests. The following general descrip- 
tion of the building, which we copy from the Daily Union and Advertiser of April 26, 
1883, gives a pretty accurate idea of its outward appearance and interior arrange- 
ment: 

The building, of pressed brick with brown stone trimmings, contains over 300 
rooms, fronts 160 feet on Main street, and has an average depth of 161 feet; 
so we may say that the hotel is 161 feet square. It is seven stories high, in- 
cluding pavillions— one in the center and one on each corner of the principal 
front. The plan of the building is substantially a hollow square with court 
in centre, the lower part having a glass roof, covering what is called "The Ex- 
change," or hotel oflice. This exchange is 65x7.5 feet, including the grand staircase 
with elegant Tennessee marble wainscoting and ItaUan marble flooring. It is the 
centre of the building, and may quite properly be called the "hub," as all the principal 
rooms seem to radiate from it. The principal entrance to "The Exchange," or office, 
is from Main street, and is 16 feet wide and 60 feet long, with attractive and unique 
porticos. The ladies' entrance is from Fitzhugh street, and is 12 feet wide and 50 
feet long. The reading room is 2.5x32 feet, fronting on Fitzhugh street. The leading 
features in this room are the four elegant stained glass windows made from spec\al 
designs, and the superb Knoxville marble mantel-piece and trimmings. The carpet 
is a luxurious one. and the furniture is of substantial mahogany design. The barber- 
shopand lavatory is a model in its way. The fine frescoed ceiling, the cherry panel 
screens, the marble wash basins and the tile floor all go to make one of the finest 
roomsof this kind to be found. Messrs. Laird & Pearce are to manage this depart- 
ment of the hotel. The baggage-room, 16x30 feet, is provided with a substantial 
and capacious hydraulic elevator, while the passenger elevator, run by the same 
power, is one of the largest, safest and most elegantly appointed ever constructed. 
Four dining-rooms provide ample accommodations for permanent and transient 
guests. The grand dining hall, 50x90 feet, 18 feet from floor to ceiling, beautifully 
finished in choice woods, with stained glass windows and luxurious decorations, is a 
noble apartment. The ordinary, almost equally beautiful in its ornamentations and 
appointments, is 28x30 feet, with lofty ceiling, and two smaller dining-rooms for 
the accommodation of select parties, and each 16x18 feet, wainscoted, paneled and 
decorated to the queen's taste. The kitchen is 25x45 feet— 18 feet high, with ranges, 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 263 

broilers, steam kettles, refrigerators, garbapre boxes, etc. The carving-room is 16 
x45 feet, fitted with steam tables, coffee and tea urns and china closet. Ihe pantry 
is 16x32 feet; bakery 18x26 feet, containing brick oven, griddle-cake range, pudding 
steamer, etc. 

The three reception-rooms, or public parlors, are on the Fitzhugh street side, and 
are en suite with large double-door openings, the doors being left off and portieres sub- 
stituted. These are made of rich heavy turcoman of one solid color, harmonizing 
with each room. Upon this is an embroidered and elegant dado, consisting of silk 
plush applique work. The design is an exquisitely shaded autumn leaf pattern. Tbe 
first reception room has a handsome mantel finished in antique mahogany, the effect 
of the carving and beveled plates being very striking. The upholstered furniture in 
this room is all over-stuffed, no frames showing. The covering is gold threaded tapes- 
try, with a metalic blue background, and upon this is wrought a handsome floral pat- 
tern in shades of terra cotta and light olive. All the pieces are trimmed with rich 
silk fringes, cords, etc. The curtains in this room are of metalic-blue satin, one solid 
color, and on the outer edge a stripe about ten inches wide embroidered the entire 
length; the pattern of the embroidery is trailing arbutus, indicative of spring. The 
middle reception-room is furnished in terra cotta colors with fancy chairs and furni- 
ture in keeping. The third reception-room is treated in the same way except that it 
contains a grand piano and the curtains embroidered with dead leaves, indicative of. 
autumn. The three rooms are predominately French. Across the hall is an elegant 
suite of three rooms on the corner or Mainland Fitzhugh streets, the centre being a 
parlor. 

n The sleeping-rooms are furnished in the Adams style and the windows are prettily 
draped with toile d'or a sort of crepe cloth. The pattern is floral, wrought in soft, 
delicate colors, a dull bronze thread appearing all through the fabric. The bedstead 
is richly carved, with wreaths of roses in the headboard and festoons of leaves on the 
front. The toilet cases are combination pieces, including cheval glass, over five feet 
high, the plate glass being French beveled — on the sides small beveled glass set in 
silk plush frames, with drawers beneath. The upholstered furniture in these rooms 
is covered with the same goods as the window drapery. In tbe parlor are luxurious 
divans and arm chairs made in saddle-bag style and covered with embroidered jute 
velours of a crushed strawberry hue. 

Directly beyond the suite of rooms just described is the suite of rooms devoted to 
the bridal chambers and parlor. The sleeping rorjms are furnished in the Moresque 
style, having a cheval toilet case and a most elaborately carved bedstead with hand- 
some panels of applique brass work, which, contrasted with the rich deep hue of the 
beautifully shaded mahogany, makes a perfect picture. The windows are draped in 
a corresponding style with toile d'or and the upholstered furniture is covered with 
the same f;i brie. The parlor connecting with the bridal chamber is furnished with 
antique frames with brass feet, and covered with heavy moire antique plush of plain 
solid color — gaslight blue. The odd chairs are covered with beautiful silk velours, the 
pattern being roses wrought in shades of terra cotta on a delicate shade of metalic- 
blue. The curtains are plain salmon color satin, with embroidery of orange blossoms, 
and looped back with brass chains. 

Every sleeping room-in the house is fit for a prince, furnished at the top as well as on 
the lower floors (as the upper story is really more desirable than the lower ones) with the 
best moquet carpets, each apartment having a large French plate mirror, dressing 
case with marble top, a broad and generous marble top wash stand (except where 
there are baths in the rooms, and in these are marble top sinks, with hot and cold 
water); bedstead with the best spring and hair mattresses; a very pretty table; chairs; 
comfortable sofa and arm chair, covered in shades of fine mohair plush to harmonize 
with the shades of the carpet. The furniture is all artistically carved and finished in 
imitation of antique mahogany. 

When to the foregoing it is added that a magnificent bar and billiard room form 
parts of the establishment; that the tables are sumptuously furnished and loaded 
with every substantial article and delicacy mortal could desire; that the service is 
simply perfect, and that the proprietors (experienced hotel men backed by a full staff 
of trained assistants) exercise unflagging watchfulness over the comfort and enjoy- 
ment of their guests, it is easy to understand why the Powers occupies so prominent 
a place in the list of American hotels. 

Both Messrs. Buck & Sanger are members of the Chamber of Commerce. 



264 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



S. G. DANA, 



Dealer in Real Estate— 13 Oi^burn House Block. 

The legitimate dealer in real property has done much to advance the cor- 
porate growth and business interests of the city, inviting hither men of capital from 
various parts of our own and other countries, placing them advantageously and 
profitably, while at the same time offering inducements to residents to own houses 
and lots or purchase lands for manufacturing, mercantile or residence purposes. 

One of the most prominent of local real estate men is Mr. S. G. Dana, whose 
office is in room No. 12 Osburn House block. He has been thus employed for the 
past three years, and the benefits conferred upon the city and its people through 
his agency are many and valuable. A broad-gauge man of comprehensive views, 
identified with Rochester in the best sense, he is extremely liberal toward all who 
would invest in the soil and become thus permanently attached to it. At the present 
time Mr. Daua owns and has for sale considerable bodies of real estate, comprising 
vnluable and desirable lots in various parts of the city, especially near the new 
Public Reservoir Park and on Pinnacle avenue, Benton, Yale, Bly and Goodman 
streets and elsewhere, which will be disposed of on favorable terms. When desired, 
houses will be erected to suit purchasers, and terms made for payment in monthly 
or other stated installments. This is au opportunity for procuring a home which no 
industrious man can afford to neglect. 



B. F. CAMPBELL, 



Xurserymaii-Xo. 40 Osburn House Block. 

Mr. Campbell is of Canadian antecedents, coming to Rochester some three years 
ago, and at once embarking in his present vocation as senior member of the firm of 
Campbell & Graham, with office at Reynolds' Arcade. July 1, 1887, Mr. Graham 
retired, Mr. Campbell removing to No. 40 Osbiirn House block, where he continues 
the business under better auspices than ever. Here he has an elegant and com- 
modious corner office on the third floor, fronting East Main and North St. Paul streets, 
and is delightfully situated in all respects. Employing 100 men in all capacities— 
for the most part as traveling and local agents throughout the States, the territories 
and Canada— he is prospering and fast building up a vast, widely disseminated and 
profitable trade with the fruit-growers, farmers, landscape gardeners and horticultur- 
ists of the entire continent. 

Mr. 0. has unsurpa&sed facilities for supplying the classes named with any variety 
of tree or shrub they may require, in quantities to suit, his specialties including 
everything in the line of fruit, flowering and ornamental trees and shrubs, grapes, 
berries, bulbs, roses, etc. 

Orders are promptly shipped, carefully packed, to any point accessible by railroad 
or steamboat. 

ROCHESTER LITHOGRAPHING and PRINTING CO. 

^V. Martin Jones, President; Charles A. Vickery. Vice-President: Ira B. 
Jones. Secretary ; F. 91. Clarkson, Treasurer and Business Manager— ]*Ios. 
Oil and »13 Aqueduct St. 

This well-known corporation recently changed hands, the above named new officers 
with Messrs. Amos H. Cobb of Fairport and W. Martin Jones of Rochester, having 
purchased the capital stock, plant and good will. The establishment is first-class 
and better prepared than ever to till all orders for artistic lithographing and letter- 
press printing, promptitude and excellence being the great points to which attention 
is devoted. A leading specialty is made of fine plain and colored work for nursery- 
men, including the usual line of supplies. The great variety of designs and superior 
execution which mark this company's fruit plates have made for it a reputation as 
broad as the continent, and in this department their resources have been vastly 
increased by the acquisition of Mr. D. M. Dewey's establishment, the most celebrated 
of the kind in this country. 

Mr. F. M. Clarkson, the treasurer and manager, is from Detroit, an experienced 
business man and thoroughly conversant with his vocation. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



265 



MICHAEL DOYLE & CO., 




Exporter!^ an«l .Tobber>« of Kvai orated Fruits. C'aiine:! tHOOtlN aii«l Beans— 
Oftlee and ^Varehouse. \^os. 30 to H'i ^Vliite l!it. 

In a previous chapter 
and under its appropriate 
heading the fruit evaporat- 
ing and drying industry of 
Western New York is 
treated at length and with 
the consideration its im- 
portance deserves. The 
data upon which that arti- 
cle is predicated was fur- 
nished us by Messrs. Mi- 
chael Doyle & Co., the most 
conspicuous exporters and 
jobbers of this class of 
goods in the world, handling more than half of the total export and making special- 
ties of evaporated apples and peaches, dried plums, preservers' supplies, beans and 
canned goods, and shipping to all principal foreign markets, notably those of Eng- 
land, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Holland and Belgium. While supply- 
iug the home trade very largely, their transactions are steadily and rapidly increas- 
ing from season to season, aggregating no less than §700,000 for 1887-88. 

The firm, composed of Messrs. Michael Doyle and Albert S. Bigelow, experienced 
men of long and intimate connection with the industry since its inception and to 
whom is due most of the credit for developing it to its present magnitude, occupy 
for warehouse purposes the site of their former factory, destroyed by fire a few years 
ago, but recently rebuilt, a handsome three-story brick building 60x125 feet, at 
Nos. 30 and 32 White street, which is fitted with every appliance necessary for the 
successful prosecution of the business. The offices are large and commodious, and 
for convenience and finish are not surpassed by any in the city. Private telegraphic 
wires keep the firm in immediate communication with all the important markets, 
domestic and foreign, and their prices govern the markets for the articles quoted. 
During the busy season a large force of men and girls is employed, working day and 
night in the packing and execution of the orders received for shipment to the 
various markets. Here the product of most of the fruit produced in this region is 
received in bulk, graded and packed in accordance with the requirements of the 
different countries, whether in wood or tin, the brands being long and favorably 
known as standards of the respective qualities produced and occupying the first 
place in the principal foreign and domestic markets. This is largely due to the con- 
siderate and intelligent discrimination used in purchasing, the care exercised in 
packing, the neatness and style of the goods, coupled with a thorough knowledge of 
the wants of the trade, the maintenance of uniform and reliable qualities, and a never- 
failing desire to give the best possible satisfaction in the execution of even the small- 
est orders. Purchasers of evaporated fruits, canned goods and beans can rely upon 
securing from this firm the very best goods produced or grown in Western New 
York. 

We refer the reader to the article on evaporated fruits already mentioned, from 
which he will derive some idea of the importance and possibilities of the trade. 



266 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



RICE & LEMPERT, 



Manufocturers of Hats, Caps and 8ti*aw Goods— Xo. 11* Mill St. 

The house was established by Rice & Wolf in 1876, and was afterwards conducted 
under the style of H. Rice & Co. until the admission of M. H. Lenipert, who is, like 
the senior partner, a young and pushing New Yorker, of ability and a thorough 
knowledge of the details of his business. No opportunity of improving their trade 
is missed by these gentlemen, and their prompt actions enable them to turn the naany, 
fluctuations of the market to profitable account, and to-day they are the only exclusively 
wholesale hat house in Rochester. The fine five-storied building at No. 112 Mill 
street is occupied entirely by this firm, and its utmost capacity is taxed to hold the 
stock carried, which is conveniently classified and disposed so that upon the first 
floor men's soft and stiff goods are kept, in every variety of style and quality; the 
second contains woolen hats of every description for men, boys and children; on the 
third will be found a large assortment of fur goods and Scotch caps, while the 
fourth and fifth stories are devoted to all kind of straw head wear, and their goods have a 
high reputation, especially the hats and caps, to the production of which particular 
attention is paid. A rapidly increasing demand exists for their manufactures in the 
Middle and Western States, buyers recognizing the advisability of purchasing 
from the producer whose reputation is dependent upon the quality of his output, and 
^thereby saving the second profit. 



JOHN H. HILL, 



'Wholesale and Retail l>ealer in Hardware.'gMetals, Tinners" Stoek and 
Trimmings— Xos. 15 and 17 Kast Main St. 

One of Rochester's oldest and most reputable business men is Mr. John H. Hill 
^ho since 1854 has conducted a leading hardware and tinners' stock establishment* 
in a manner to earn the confidence and support of the trade and incidentally acquire 
for himself a moderate competence and win an enviable repiitation for enterprise 
and personal and business probity, of greater value to a properly constituted mind 
than untold wealth. 

Mr. Hill occupies the basemeut and ground floor of the Hill building at Nos. 15 
and 17 East Main street, and carries a very large and carefully selected stock of 
goods, including complete lines of choice builders,' carriage smiths' and shelf hardware, 
imported and American cutlery, edge tools, farming implements, household goods, 
tinners' stock, trimmings and tools, iron, steel, etc., which he sells at either wholesale 
or retail on as reasonable terms and at as moderate prices as can be named by any 
house west of New York. 



STORY & FOX, 

Mounters, Varnishers. Franiers of Slio\»' Cards. Maps, etc.— tjiencral Finishers 
to Printers and Liithographers— Xo. 80 Front St. 

The only establishment of this kind in Rochester, and one of the most prosperous 
in the country, is that of Messrs. Story & Fox, enterprising, skillful and successful 
business men, who occupy commodious quarters at Nos. 80 and 82 Front street, 
maintaining a branch on Erie street, Buffalo. Making leading specialties of 
mounting, framing, gumming, sizing and varnishing every description of advertising 
cards, maps, etc., the firm is provided with a complete equipment of all appropriate 
machinery operated by steam power, for cutting labels, cards, chromos and similar 
requisites for the trade, clofeh-backing, tin-mounting and taping of lithographers' 
and printers' cards. The work turned out by this house shows a rast improvement 
over others in the quality of material used and beauty of finish. The varnish they 
manufacture is of such quality as never to crack, peel off or turn yellow, and gives to 
a map, label or picture a most beautiful, soft and glossy finish, and is not in tlie least 
affected by dampness or water. It is, in fact, a first-class varnish in every particular, 
being far superior to any made in this country. They also make a paste for sticking 
labels on tm cans which they guarantee will stick and not peel off. The gum paper 
made by this house is also of the best. It never cracks, and is always adhesive, the 
weather having not the least effect upon it. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



267 



STEAM GAUGE AND LANTERN CO. 

manufacturers of Tubular Lanterns, Tubular Street L.amps Tubular Station 
liamps, lioconiotive Headlights, Sigmal liights. Railroad L.anterns, Steam 
Gauges, etc— Main Office and Factory, Foot of Center St., Rochester- 
Branch Office, Xo. ».3 Murray St., Aew York ; lUo. H^ I.ake St., Chicago. 

The Steam Gauge and Lantern Company was incorporated in 1881, with 8250,000 
paid capital stock. The works, among the most conspicuous of the city's industrial 
institutions, are situated at the foot of Center street, upper falls of the Genesee, and 
comprise an immense plant of stone and brick walls and machinery, the latter 
operated by water power, and the buildings throughout are heated and ventilated 
by steam, making it one of the pleasantest and most desirable places in the world 
for the employes, 250 of whom are on the pay-roll and earn an average 
of $7,000 per month in the aggregate. The output is very large— about 200 
dozen lanterns of all classes per diem— and their quality is attested by the fact that 
not only are they used in the government service, army, navy, harbor, life-saving, etc., 
and generally by all steamboat and railroad companies in the United Stales,' but 
are exported in vast numbers to Europe, the West Indies, Mexico, Central' and 
South America. Brazil, India, Africa, China and Japan. The goods produce cover 
the entire field of oil-burning lanterns, while specialties are made of railway con- 
ductors, marine signal and light-house lamps. 




The above cut represents this company's improved No. 3 Globe street lamp 
which burns kerosene without a chimney, giving a brilliant light, equal to 16-candle 
^^\ it can be regulated to burn any desired number of hours and then go out of 
Itself. The hardest wind does not affect it. The No. 2 tubular square street lamp 
burns the same oil and in all respects save that of shape is constructed on the same 
principles and has the same merits as the No. 3 Globe street lamp. These lamps are 
extensively employed for lighting villages, the outskirts of cities, the grounds 
attached to manufacturing establishments, residences, etc., and give unvarying 
■atisfaction, «ie demand steadily increasing. They are equally as good as gas lamps 



268 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



The two cuts here placed in juxtaposition represent the same lamp, No. safety 
tubular, showing: the improved stamped tubes, with new guards attached to all of 
the No. tubular lanterns, the patent lift wire attachment for raising and lowering 
the globe, and the patent safety lock attachment for holding the burner securely to 
the oil reservoir. 

These attachments make positive Safety Tubular Lanterns meeting the demand 
for kerosene lanterns which can be used without danger in barns and other places 
where light, inflammable material is stored. 

The burner in lanterns without the Stetson lock is held in place by the globe; 
should these lanterns drop by accident, and the globe break, the oil flows from the 
oil-pot, saturating combustible matter usually on the floor. This is easily ignited, 
and the building takes fire from the lighted wick in the burner which falls from the 
oil-pot. 

Such accidents are avoided by using only lanterns with the Stetson Patent Safety 
Attachment. 

All of the Lift Wire Lanterns can be filled, lighted, regulated and extinguished 
without removing the globe, and the lamp is pronounced by the trade the best tubular 
lamp ever placed on the market. 




The marine signal lamp illustrated above, is used extensively in government and 
ligh-thouse service and they are the leading house in America in head lights — 
suplying all the principal trunk lines and being the first to introduce the device 
for displaying signal numbers on head lights which is now xiniversally used. The 
entire line of lamps and lanterns manufactured by this company exhibit iriventive 
genius and mechanical skill of high order, and the same remark applies to their steam 
gauges, of which they produce an incredible number in various sizes and for every 
conceivable purpose relating to the control of steam, air or water. 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 269 



FOSTER, HENNESSY & CO., 



Dealers in Pianos and Organs— Wo. 60 State St. 

This firm, composed of George G. Foster and D. B. Hennessy, was inaugurated on 
March 1st of the present year, and has already obtained a large share of public patron- 
age. Their commodious store is located at No. 60 State street, and comprises the 
ground floor and basement, each 20x100 feet, where a magnificent line of pianos and 
organs are always kept in stock, and where the urbanity and thorough knowledge of 
the firm and its employes make the selection of any such instrument a pleasure, both 
from the courtesy of the salesman and the fact that the best articles are there obtain- 
able at the most reasonable figures. 

Both gentlemen are recent arrivals in the Flower City, Mr. Foster being from New 
York and Mr. Hennessy from Boston, but their long and thorough experience in the 
business, and their comprehensive knowledge of all details connected therewith, 
speedily commended them to public favor, and they now have a very good trade, 
extending principally throughout Western New York. These gentlemen have a 
similar store at New London, Conn., and are largely interested in the manufacture of 
Worcester organs. 

With the prestige the firm already have, and the comprehensive trade already 
acquired, it is no chimerical statement to prophesy for this firm a speedy acquisition 
of a very heavy business and a rank amid the foremost business houses of this city. 



BREiWSTER, BORDON & 60., 

U/l7ole5al^*((roeer5, 



ReeMGSTeR, New York. 



FRENCH, PALMER & FRENCH, 

MANUFACTUBERS OF 

MUSTARDS FROM THE SEED 

SPICE GRINDERS, COFFEE ROASTERS. 
Manufacturers of Extracts and Condiments. 



Special attention is paid to the powdering of Capsecums, Gingers, etc., etc., for the 

Drug and Bakers' trade. 



Mills: Brown's Race. Foot of Furnace St., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



270 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



THOMAS OLIVER & SONS, 



Manufacturers of and Dealers in all Kinds of Drain and Sewer Pipe and 
Hasons' Materials— Contractors in Portland Stone Walks, Blue and Sawed 
Stone, Street and Sewer \¥orks. Cellar Biittoms, Sodding and Grading— 
Office. Ko. •S'iH and 330 South St. Paul St., Corner «,lriffitli. 




Modern civilization is fruitful of demands upon ingenuity, and it not nnf requently 
happens that in responding to the call for greater comfort and convenience, the in- 
ventor unwittingly stumbles upon agencies that conduce to both health and happiness. 
A case in point is the ordinary stoneware drain and sewer pipe, unknown a few years ago- 
Once perfected and its advantages demonstrated, it became immediately popular, and 
for drainage purposes has almost entirely superseded iron and wood, because it 
neither rusts nor decays, is cleanly, convenient, comparatively light, and ultimately 
the cheapest material for the purpose ever discovered. So great has grown the 
demand for this description of underground pipe that depots for its sale are found in 
every city and progressive town in the United States. Rochester is, of course, liber- 
ally supplied, and one of her principal houses in this trade is that of Thomas Oliver 
& Sons, whose office is at Nos. 328 and 330 South St. Paul and 1, 3 and 5 Griffith streets. 
The firm are also general dealers in masons' materials— lime, Portland and Rosen- 
dale cement, water lime, plaster paris, kaolin, marble dust, plasterers' mortar, plaster- 
ers' hair, Rockaway sand, fire brick, fire clay, stove cement, pipe chimneys, well 
tubing, etc. — and are contractors for Portland stone walks, blue and sawed stone, 
street and sewer work, cement cellar floors, grading and sodding. The principal 
streets of Rochester are provided with Portland cement sidewalks, and the handiwork 
of this firm is seen wherever they exist, as most of these sidewalks are of their con- 
struction and are unsurpassed for neatness, cleanliness and durability. A specialty 
is made of the sale of imported English and German cements. The elder Mr. Oliver 
came to Rochester, very poor, forty-eight years ago. He has led a life of honest toil, 
and is at last the possessor of a comfortable competence. He established himself in 
his present business in 1881, and admitted his sons later — Elmer L. and Horace T. 
Oliver — on their business merits alone. The house is in a flourishing condition, with 
prospects of a long career of usefulness. 



Index to Rhpkhsentativh Houses. 



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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 
Lincoln, S. E 208 

Weaver. Palmer & Richmond 179 

Albums. 
Buedingen, W. & Son 211 

Antimony. 
Rochester Lead Works 151 

Architects. 

Block, Otto 194 

Church, John R 153 

Cutler, James G .....[.... 244 

Ellis, Charles 8 223 

Kelly, Foster W '.'.'.'.'" 190 

Architectural Iron Works. 

Hughes, F. L. & Co 98 

Page, William A \ 205 

Art Embroidery. 
Madden, M. Miss 182 

Art Gallery. 
Powers' Art Gallery 81 

Artificial Limbs. 
Fuller, Geo. R 252 

Artists' Materials. ' 

Barnard, John C 250 

BAKING POWDER. 

Van De Carr Spice Co 130 

Balconies. 

Kohlmetz, H. & Son 217 

Banks. 

Bank of Monroe 89 

Commercial National Bank '. . 94 

Flour City National Bank " ' U8 

German-American Bank of Rochester 113 

Monroe C^ounty Savings Bank 92 

Powers Banking House 81 

Traders National Bank ..'. 119 

Union Bank _ 109 

Barber's Chairs, 

Archer Manufacturing Co 136 

Barrel Heads —Manufacturers. 

Lovecraft, Joseph, & Son 24t5 

Belting. 

Hamilton & Mathews 129 

Seymour, H. F. & Co ' 229 

Weaver, Palmer, & Richmond 179 

Bicycles. 

Hughes, Francis L 258 

Thomson & Kenfield 221 

Billiard Parlors. 

Holden & Brock 254 

Blacksmiths. 

Kohlmetz, H. & Son 217 

Lowery, ThomRs ' ' 224 

Robey, Sidney B 135 

Boilers. 

Brettell & Wilson 214 

Bryson, Robert I68 

Sintzenich. Edwin B 174 

Williams, H. B. & Co .'. [' 138 

Woodbury Engine Co. (The) 95 

Bookbinder. 

Andrews, E. R 94 

Booksellers. 

Darrow Erastus & Co 253 

Steele & Avery " 260 

Boot and Shoe Trees. 

Dufner, John & Son 222 



Boots and Shoes— Manufacturers. 

Barrett, C. H 256 

Bolton, Thomas ng 

Byrnes, Dugan & Hudson .......'. 209 

Cox P. Shoe Manufacturing Co. (The) '. 218 

Llderkin-Taylor Co 241 

Goodger,W.H ■.."■■..■.■.■.■.■.■.■ 206 

Heath, J. L 205 

Hough & Ford <>=;« 

Reed. E. P. & Co y..'.'.'.'.".'.'.]]" " 173 

Utz & Dunn 2I6 

Williams & Hoyt 2I8 

Wright & Peters 203 

Bottles— Manufacturers. 
Rochester Glass Works, Eugene P. Reed & 

('o., proprietors 181 

Box Manufacturers. 
Rocltester Box Factory, Atwater & Arm- 
strong, proprietors 164 

Brass Founders. 

Wray Henry, & Son 90Q 

Brass (joods. 

Smith & Barry iqi 

Brick Manufacturers. 
Rochester Brick and Tile Manufacturing 

Company 131 

Rochester (Jerman Brick & Tile Co.. ..' " 2.55 
Bridge Builders. 

Rochester Bridge Works, J. F. Alden, prop. 215 
Brushes. 

Peiffer, Charles 250 

Buggy Springs. 

Titus & Badcock 204 

Burial Cases and Caskets. 
Chappel, Chase. Maxwell & Co. . . 106 

Mudge, A. W ;;; 120 

Stein Manufacturing Company 107 

Buttons. 
Schantz, M. B. & Co 134 

/^ANDY MANUFACTURERS. 

I7 Costello & Harrah 109 

Canned Goods. 

('leveland & Taylor 196 

Deavenport, C. A 230 

Doyle Michael & Co 265 

Carpets, Oil Cloths, etc. 

Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co 91 

Howe & Rogers 223 

King, John C 231 

Sibley, Lindsay & Curr 97 

Whipple, Geo. C 228 

Carriage Materials. 
Roby, Sidney B 135 

Carriages. 

Clark, W. D 207 

Hughson & Sullivan 224 

Keeler & Jennings 193 

Car Wheels. 
Rochester Car Wheel Works 152 

Castings. 

Heughes, F. L. &Co 98 

Munn & Anstice 1.59 

Cement. 

Copeland, J. C 115 

Whitmore, Rauber & Vicinus 2,55 

Children's Carriages. 
Huglies, Francis L 258 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



China and Glassware. 

Glenny, W. H. & Go 99 

Wisner, Henry C 85 

Cigarettes — Manufacturers. 

Genesee Tobacco Works 211 

Peerless Tobacco Works, Wm. S. Kimball & 

Co., props 86 

Premium Tobacco Works, S. F. Hess & Co., 
props 249 

Cigars and Tobacco— Wholesale and retail. 
McLennan, D. S. & Co 222 

Glenny, W. H. & Co 99 

Clothing — Manufacturers and wholesalers. 

Adler, L. Bros. & Co 96 

Cauff man, Dinkelspiel & Co 230 

Garson. Meyer & Co 168 

Michaels, Stern & Co 105 

Moore &Beir 172 

Rosenberg & Blum 205 

Schwarz, H. & Co , 21rt 

Stein, Bloch & Co 258 

Weber, Shell, Rosenbaum & Co 257 

Wile, Stern & Co 96 

Coal. 

Babcock, H. H. & Co 217 

Foley & Duncan 237 

Yates, Arthur G 125 

Coffee Roasters. 
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (The) 191 

Coffee and Spice Mills. 
Rochester City Steam Coffee & Spice Mills . . 149 
Van De Carr Spice Co 130 

Commission Merchants. 

Deavenport, C. A 230 

Deavenport, D. & Co 191 

(Confectioners— Manufacturers & Wholesalers. 
Costello & Harrah 109 

Confectioners, Retail, etc. 

Graves, J. W 197 

Zimmerman, M. A 243 

Contractor. 
Page, Wm. A 205 

Cornices. 
Heughes, F. L. & Co 98 

Corset Manufacturers. 
Mann, A. S. &Co 247 

Cotton Mills. 
Rochester Cotton Mill 156 

Counter Stools. 
Archer Manufacturing Co 136 

Counters. 
Hateh Patent Crimper Co 122 

Cream Tartar. 
Van De Carr Spice Co 130 

Crockerj'. 

Glenny, W. H. & Co 99 

Wisner, Henry C 85 

Crutches. 
Fuller, Geo. R 252 

Cutlery. 
Weaver, Palmer, & Richmond 179 

Cutting Boards. 
Bortle. Gex). P 157 

Dental Tools. 
Keiser & Wundes Ill 

Druggists — Wholesale. 
Paine Drug Company 261 

Dry Goods. 

Arnold, S, J., & Co 167 

Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co 91 

Mann, A. S. & Co 130 

Si jaley , Lindsay & Curr '. 97 

Dyeing and Cleaning. 
Leary, D 103 

PI^DGE TOOLS. 
'j Mack &\ o 214 

Elastic Hosiery. 

Fuller, Geo. R 252 

Electric Goods. 

Schmidt & Kalbfleish 190 

Electrotyper. 
Lennox, James 231 



Elevator Gate. 
Davis O. L. Elevator Gate Co. (The) 253 

Elevators— Manufacturers. 
Graves, L. S. & Son 93 

Elevators (Sidewalk). 
Michel, (jeorge J 251 

Engines. 

Brettell & Wilson 214 

Rochester Machine Tool Works, The 202 

Shipman Engine Manufacturing Co. (The) . 201 

Sintzenich, Edwin B 174 

Williams, H. B. &Co 138 

Woodbury Engine Co. (The) 95 

Evaporated Fruits. 
Doyle Micliael&Co 265 



■r\ILES. 



Hamilton & Mathews 129 

Fire Brick. 

Copeland, J. C 115 

Whitmore, Rauber & Vicinus 255 

Fire Escapes. 
Kohlmetz, H. & Son 217 

Fire Places 
Smith & Barry ; 161 

Fishing Tackle. 
Chapman, W. D. Son & Co 170 

Flagging. 
Whitmore, Rauber & Vicinus 2.55 

Flavoring Extracts. 
Van De Carr Spice Co 130 

Florists. 

Newborn, A. M 160 

Salter Brothers 243 

Flour Mills. 

Chase & C'o 219 

Empire Roller Mills, Gerling Bros., props. . 196 
Frankfort Mills, Smith & Sherman, props . . 105 

Gorsline, Jas 2^7 

Merz, Geo. F 127 

Moseley & Motley Milling Co 174 

Pool, Joseph H 225 

Smith & Sherman 105 

Stone & Campbell 173 

Foundries. 
Eagle Foundry, J. Emory Jones, prop . 

Fruit 8 — Wholesale. 
Cleveland & Taylor 

Funeral Director. 
Mudge, A. W 

Furnaces. 

Long, J. B 

Smith & Oberst 240 

Trotter, Chas. W. & Son 204 

Furniture. 

King, John C 231 

Michelsen & Hoppe 223 

Perrin Furniture Company 218 

Ritter, Frank 167 

Whipple, Geo. C 228 

Furs. 
Kenyon Hat & Fur Co. (The) 124 

r\ ALVANIZED IRON. 

It Siddons, John 159 

Gentlemens' Furnishing Goods. 

Arnold, S. J. & Co 167 

Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co 91 

Sabey, George A 241 

Sibley, Lindsay & Curr 97 

Glassware. 
Laney, James & Co 128 

Glass— Plate and Window. 

Smith. .John A 142 

Grading. 

Oliver Tliomas & Sons 128-270 

Grass Seeders. 

Rochester Plow Company 260 

Grease. 

Knowlton & Chapin 192 

Groceries (Fancy)— Wholesale. 

Cleveland & Taylor 196 



197 
196 



120 
146 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



273 



O roceries— Wholesale. 

Brewster, Crittenden & Co 83 

Brewst«r, Gordon & Co 269 

Brewster, H. & Co 104 

Buell, Geo. C. & Co 163 

Smith, Perkins & Co 181 

Woodbury, W. E 119 

Grocers' Sundries. 

Van De t'arr Spice Co 130 

Hair Goods. 

Griffin, Wilbur Mrs 196 

Hardware. 

Ernst Louis & Son 219 

Hamilton & Mathews 129 

Hill, John H 266 

Seymour, H. F., & Co 229 

Warrant & South worth 113 

Weaver, Palmer, & Richmond 179 

Weaver & Goss Hardware Co 180 

Harness and Saddlery. 

Smith, A. V. & Co. (Limited) 187 

Hats and Caps. 

Kenyon Hat and Fur Co. (The) 124 

Rice and Lempert 266 

Sabey, George A " . . 241 

Horse Clothing. 

Roby, Sidney B 135 

Hosiery. 

Arnold, S. J., & Co 167 

Mann, A. S. & Co !.! 130 

Rochester Hosiery Co 2.51 

Hotels. 

New Osburn House 133 

Powers' Hotel 262 

Whitcomb House ' 225 

House Furnisliing Goods. 

Hamilton & Mathews 129 

Weaver, Palmer & Richmond 179 

Hydraulic Machinery. 
Schaffer, J. T. & Co 246 

TNKS. 

± Ailing, Fred. D 175 

Insurance. 

Clark & Paviour 261 

Germania Fire Insurance Co. (The) Louis 

C. Duempelmann, manager 228 

Hotchkiss, Frank D 236 

Manning, Wm. & Son 236 

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., of 

Milwaukee, Wis. M. D. L. Hayes, Gen. Agt. 178 
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of 
New York City. C. S. Toartellot, Gen. Agt. 226 

Reibling, A. J 177 

Rochester German Insurance Co 113 

Tourtellot, C. S 226 

United States Life Insurance Co 236 

Iron Ware. 
Laney, James & Co 128 

Iron Works. (See also Architectural Iron 
Works. 

Charlottte Iron Works 213 

Iron and Steel. 

Roby, Sidney B 135 

KINDLING. 
Brown, F. E 217 

Knit Goods. 

Rochester Hosiery Co 251 

Rochester Knitting Works, Max Lowenthal, 
prop 240 

LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS. 
Arnold S. J. & Co 167 

Lamp Burners. 

Rochester Burner Co 121 

Lanterns. 

Steam Gauge and Lantern Co 267 

Lasts. 

Dufner, John & Son 222 

Rochester Last, Die and Pattern Works. 

Henry Loewer, proprietor 229 

Wiseman, Albine 216 



Laundries. 

Adams, F. K. & Co 255 

Hagen & Myers 18 

Lead Pipe and Sheet Lead. 

Rochester Lead Works 151 

Lime. 

Copeland, J. C 115 

Lithographers. 

Rocliester Lithographic & Printing Co 264 

Steclior LithofjrAphic Company 14 

Lock M;uiufactiir<>rs. 

Sargent A ( i rcculeaf 186 

Locomotive Headlights. 

St«am Gauge & Lantern Company 267 

Lumber. 

Atwater & Armstrong 248 

Brown, F. E 217 

Chace, E. B ! ! . 234 

Crouch, G. W. jr " 219 

Crouch. G.W.& F. P .■.. 248 

Foley & Duncan 237 

HoUister Lumber Co., (limited) 101 

Reynolds, T. J 150 

Machine Forging. 

Lowery, Thomas 224 

Machine Handles. 

Rochester Pipe Tongs Company 244 

Machinery. 

Brettell & Wilson 214 

Clark Novelty Co. (The) 222 

Rochester Barrel Machine Works 154 

Schaffer, J. T. & Co 246 

Machinists. 

Jones, J. Emory 197 

Keiser & Wundes ill 

Kohlmetz, H. & Son 217 

Michel, George J 251 

Oliver, H. G 250 

Widdowson, H. & Co 207 

Machinists Tools. 

BretteU & Wilson 214 

Mail ( :hute8. 

Cutler Manufacturing Company 220 

Maltsters. 

Parsons E. B. Malting Company 185 

Mantels and Grates. 

Smith & Barry 161 

Map Mounting. 

Payne, James 172 

Story & Fox 266 

Marble and Granite Works. 

Heister, Frederick A 147 

Mount Hope Marble Works, G. W. Trott, 

proprietor 203 

Simmons Granite & Marble Company 188 

Mercantile Agencies. 

Bradstreet Mercantile Agency 87 

Dnn,R.G. &Co . 137 

Merchandise Broker. 

Dumont, John E 245 

Metals. 

Hill, John H 266 

Microscopes . 

Bausch &L Lomb Optical Co 140 

Gundlach Optical Co. (The) 169 

Millinery— Wholesale. 

Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co 91 

Sibley, Lindsay & Curt 97 

Millinery and Embroideries. 

Madden, M. Miss 182 

Millwright. 

Cowles, Joseph 257 

Model Makers. 

Keiser & Wundes 1] 1 

Oliver, H. G 250 

Rung, Henry 210 

Mouldings. 

Bantleon, D 193 

Bortle, Geo. P 157 

Gillis, James W 171 

Ocorr, H. A.,& Co 249 

Payne, James 172 

Summers, T. A 154 



274 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



Mucilage. 

Ailing, Fred. D 175 

Musical Instruments. 

Mackie, H. S. &Co 234 

Mustard. 

Van De Carr Spice Co 130 

NOTIONS. 
Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co 91 

Mann, A. S. & Co 130 

Sibley, Lindsay & Curr 97 

Nurserymen. 

Campbell, B. F 264 

Cullen Bros 151 

Ellwanger & Barry 73 

Graham, E.O 161 

Hooker, H. E. Company, (The) 237 

McOmber, S. A. & Co 242 

May Brothers 166 

Shaw, J. Austin 212 

Yates, C. L 181 

OUs. 

Knowlton & Chapin _ _ . 192 

Rochester Lubricating Oil Works, J. Scott 

Wilson, prop 206 

Vacuum Oil Company, (The) 123 

Williams, S. B 114 

Optical Goods. 

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co 140 

Gundlach Optical Company (The) 169 

Schmidt & Kalbfleisch 190 

Opticians. 

Bausch, E. E. & Son 232 

Schmidt & Kalbfleisch 190 

PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS. 

Barnard, John C 250 

Osgood & Porter 288 

Pants, Vests and Shirts. 

Britenstool, J. A 259 

Stern, J. & Co 187 

Ailing & Cory 155 

Myers, R. M., & Co 150 

Rochester Paper Co 176 

Paper Boxes. 

Lewis, D. F 199 

Sachs, Louis 2.52 

Paper Stock. 
Hey, Levi .. 158 

Patent Medicines. 

Hop Bitters Manufacturing Co 184 

Warner, H. H..&Co 84 

Periodical. 

Horticultural Art Journal 148 

Photographers. 

Arcade Photo Company 215 

Gregg, Sherman 242 

Photographic Apparatus. 
Rochester Optical Company 176 

Photographic Lenses. 

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co 140 

Gundlach Optical Co 169 

Physicians' Chairs. 
Archer Manufacturing Co 136 

Piano Stools. 
Archer Manufacturing Co 136 

Pianos and Organs. 

Foster, Hennessy & Co 269 

Mackie, H.S. & Co 234 

Martin, J. W. & Bro 182 

Picture Frames. 

Gillis, James W 171 

Summers, T. A 154 

Pig Iron— Manufacturer. 
Charlotte Iron Works 213 

Piling. 
Reynolds, T. J 150 

Pipe Tongs. 
Rochester Pipe Tongs Co 244 

Planing Mill. 

Crouch, G. W. & F. P 248 

Hall, George A 190 



Plows. 
Rochester Plow Company 260 

Printers. 

Andrews, E. R 94 

Rochester Lithographic and Printing Co . . . 264 
Williamson & Higbie 126 

Printers' Supplies. 
Hart, Henry L 195 

Publishers. 

Andrews, E. R 94 

Darrow Erastus & Co 253 

Williamson & Higbie 126 

Pulleys, Shafting and Hangers. 
Michel, George J 251 

Pumps. 
Brettell & Wilson 214 

T) AILROAD TIES. 

It Reynolds, T.J 150 

Razor Strops. 

Tower & Lamont 232 

Real Estate. 

Dana, S. G 264 

Webster, E. D 245 

Registers and Ventilators. 

Bristol. A. M 150 

Restaurants. 

HoMen & Brock 254 

Rockers. 

Langslow, Fowler, & Co 152 

Roofing. 

Siddons, John 159 

OADDLERY HARDWARE. 

O Roby, SidneyB 135 

Safe Remedies. 
Warner, H. H., & Co 84 

Salt. 
Leicester Salt Works 104 

Sample Cases. 

Buedinger, W. & Son 211 

Sachs, Louis 252 

Sand. 
Copeland,J. C 115 

Sash, Doors and Blinds. 

Bantleon, D 193 

Crouch, G.W. & F. P 248 

OcorrH. A. &Co 229 

Smith, John A 142 

Vogel&Binder 203 

Scales. 
Howe, H. J. & Co 184 

Scrap Iron. 
Hey, Levi 158 

Seeds. 

Crosman Bros Ill 

International Seed Co 157 

Mandeville & King 161 

Reid. William H 189 

Sibley, Hiram. (See Bank of Monroe.) 89 

Vick, James 133 

Sewer Pipe. 

Copelanrt, J. C... 115 

Oliver Thomas & Sons 128—270 

Rochester Sewer Pipe Co 141 

Whitmore, Rauber & Vicinus 255 

Shafting, Pulleys & Hangers. 
Graves, L. S. & Son 9S 

Sheet Lead. 
Rochester Lead Works 151 

Sheet Metal Goods. 
Rochester Stamping Works 149 

Shoemakers' Tools. 
Wiseman, Albine 216 

Shoe Manufacturers— See Boot and Shoe Manu- 
facturers. 

Shoe Patterns. 
Rochester Last, Die and Pattern Works — 229 

Shoe Racks. 
Bortle, Geo. P 157 

Silverware. 
Glenny, W. H. & Co 99 

Silver and Nickel Plating Works. 
Genesee Plating Works, J. C. Baumer, prop. 195 



THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



275 



Sleighs. 

Clark, W. D . ., 207 

Keeler & Jeimings 193 

Slippers. 
UtzA Dunn 216 

Smokers' Goods. 
McLennan, D. S. & Co 222 

Soap Manufacturers. 
Moulson, Samuel 160 

Sporting Goods. 
Chapman. W. D. Son,&Co 170 

Stationers. (See also Booksellers.) 

Darrow Erastus & Co 253 

Steele & Avery 260 

Williamson & Higbie 126 

Steam Gauges. 
Steam Gauge and Lantern Co 267 

Steam Heating and Ventilating. 
Cook, E. H. Co. (limited) 117 

Steel Mats. 
Rochester Steel Mat Co 192 

Stone. 

Oliver Thomas & Sons 128-270 

Whitmore, Rauber & Vicinus 255 

Storage. 
Central Union Transfer and Storage Co — 259 
Metropolition Storage Warehouse, A. R. 
Sheffer, prop 165 

Stoves and Ranges. 

Co-Operative Foundry Co 162 

Court Street Foundry, N. H. Galusha 114 

Sill Stove Works 239 

Smith & Oberst 240 

Trotter, Chas. W. & Son 204 

Warrant & Southworth . . 143 

Straw Goods. 
Rice & Lempert 266 

Street Lamps. 
Steam Gauge and Lantern Co 267 

Surgical Tools. 
Keiser & Wundes Ill 

TANBARK. 
Reynolds, T. J l.iO 

Teaming and Expressing. 
Hilbert Truck Co. (The) 254 

Teas, Coffees and Sugars. 
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co 191 

Telegraphic Goods. 
Schmidt & Kalbfleisch 190 

Telescopes. 

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co 140 

Gundlach Optical Co. (The) 169 

Tile. 
Rochester Brick and Tile Manufacturing Co. 131 

Rochester German Brick and Tile Co 255 

Smith & Barry : 161 

Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Works. - 

Goggin & Knowles 177 

Smith & Oberst 240 

Warrant & Southworth 143 

Tinner's Stock. 
Hill, John H 266 

Tin and Jappanned Ware. 
Laney, James & Co 281 



Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware. 

Trotter, ('has. W. & Son 204 

Tobacco— Manufacturers. 

Peerless Tobacco Works, Wm. S. Bamball & 
Co. prop 86 

Premium Tobacco Works, S. F. Hess & Co. 
prop 249 

Whalen, R. & Co 210 

Toboggans. 

Shearer, H. A. Toboggan Company 235 

Toys and Novelties. 

Hughes, Francis L 258 

Transfer Companies. 

Central Union Transfer and Storage Co 259 

Hilbert Truck Co (The) 254 

Tricycles. 

Hughes, Francis L 258 

Thomson & Kenfield 221 

Trunks — Manufacturers. 

Likly, Henry & Co 102 

Trusses. 

Fuller, Geo. R 252 

Typewriters. 

Hammond Typewriter (The) 183 

New Model Crandall Typewriter, Franklin 
S. Stebbins 215 

Remington Standard Typewriter, E. G 
Wyckoff, gen. mngr 144 

TTNDERTAKER. 

U MudgeA.W 120 

Undertakers' Supplies. 

Chappell, Chase, Maxwell Si Co 106 

Stein Manufacturing Co 107 

VARNISHERS. * 
Story & Fox 266 

Ventilators. 
Bristol, A. M 156 

WATER FILTERS. 
Ingraham, William L 100 

Long,J.B 146 

Wheels — Manu f acturers. 
Rochester Wheel Co 125 

Whips and Lashes. 
Strong, Woodbury & Co 166 

White Lead. 
Osgood & Porter 238 

Willow Ware. 
Ingraham, William L 100 

Wines and Liquors. 

FeiockB. &Co 194 

McAllister & Koeth 233 

Newman Josiah 108 

Wood Carver. 
Suter, Frederich 231 

Wood Turning. 

Banteleon, D 193 

Bortle, Geo. P 157 

Papne, James 172 

Wood and Photo Engraver. 
Ramsdell, George D 165 

Wrapping Paper. 

Hey, Levi 158 

Laney, James & Co 128 



2V6 THE INDUSTRIES OF ROCHESTER. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Allen, L. L. & Brothers 278 

Brewster, Gordon &Co 269 

Draper, Geo. P 278 

French, Palmer & French 269 

Sargent & Greenleaf Inside front cover 

Selden, Geo. B 278 

St«am Gauge & Lantern Co Inside back cover 

Stecher Lithographic Co Back of cover 

The Union and Advertiser 279 

Warner, H. H. & Co 277 



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REM.EDIES 



OLDEST! 

"Warner's Log Cabin SARSAPARILLA." 
Price 11.00 per bottle. 120 doses— the largest 
Sarsaparilla bottle in the market. 

" Warner's Log Cabin COUGH AND CON- 
SUMPTION KEMEDY." Two sizes, 50c. and 
$1.00 a bottle, respectively. 

" Warner's Log Cabin HOPS AND BUCHU 
REMEDY. " $1.00 a bottle. 

"Warner's Log Cabin EXTRACT," for In- 
ternal and External Use. Two sizes, 50c. and 
$1.00 a bottle, respectively. 



NEWEST! 



BEST! 



"Warner's Log Cabin ROSE CREAM," for 
Catarrli, price 50c. a bottle. 

"Warner's Log Cabin HAIR TONIC," for 
the hair. Price $1 .00 a bottle. 

" Warner's Log Cabin PLASTERS" (Porous 
and Electric) . 

"Warner's Log Cabin LIVER PILLS." 

Each one of these Log Cabin Remedies sells 
at the price named, or SIX FOR PRICE OF 
FIVE." 



FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS. 



PROPRIETORS OF WARNER'S SAFE REMEDIES, 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



278 ADVER TI SEME NTS. 



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GEORGE B. SELDEN, 

ATTORNEY AT LAW 

Nos. 50, 51 AND S4 REYNOLD'S ARCADE, 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. =— — 



PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY. 

©E0R6E P. DRAPSR, 

eeUNSELOR fVT LAW 

114 POWERS BLOCK. 



Special Attention to Business Connected with Estates. 



Also Agent for Loaning Money on Real Property in Monroe County. 



And also Agent for Investing Money in Western Coupon Bonds and 
Mortgages Guaranteed by Solid Incorporated Trust Companies. 



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